GrandVision N.V. announced that its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) has approved the appointment of Mr. Willem Eelman as Member of the Management Board, effective as of 15 May 2019. The Supervisory Board of GrandVision N.V. had appointed Willem Eelman as GrandVision's new CFO, in its meeting on 25 April 2019. Willem Eelman succeeds Paulo de Castro, who has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Management Board.

Willem Eelman, a Dutch national, is the former CFO and Chief Operations Transformation Officer of C&A Europe. Prior to joining C&A, he held several senior roles at Unilever, including CFO Europe and its Chief Information Officer. In addition, Willem Eelman has been a member of GrandVision's Supervisory Board since 2011 and has been acting as Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2011.

Mr. Eelman stepped down from GrandVision's Supervisory Board on 2 April 2019.