Akzo Nobel chairman Hans Wijers has been voted best company boss by members of shareholders lobby group VEB, just beating Smit International’s Ben Vree.

Wijers, who took 32% of the votes, has taken the company through a ‘strategic metamorphosis’, the VEB said.
This year’s top 5:
1. Hans Wijers Akzo Nobel 32.2%
2. Ben Vree Smit International 28.0%
3. Harold Goddijn TomTom 23.8%
4. Lakshmi Mittal ArcelorMittal 8.7%
5. Peter Berdowski Boskalis 7.3%
Previous winners:
2003: Klaas Wagenaar
2004: Jan Aalberts
2005: Ronald Brus
2006: Lakshmi Mittal