People: Core Laboratories NV (CLB)

Mr. Jan Willem Sodderland is an Independent Supervisory Director of Core Laboratories NV. Prior to that he had served for five years as a Managing Director of the Company's Managing Director, Core Laboratories International B.V., and as a managing director of other Dutch affiliates. Mr. Sodderland serves on the board of European subsidiaries of a number of international companies. From 1974 until 2006, Mr. Sodderland was an attorney and partner of NautaDutilh and was stationed in Rotterdam, Brussels and Amsterdam. In his practice Mr. Sodderland has built up considerable experience in assisting and advising companies in complicated takeovers, mergers and joint ventures. Mr. Sodderland has long had a close relationship with Japan and China and has published a number of articles about investment possibilities in Asia. He is also the past Chairman of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, an association of some thirty independent law firms in various parts of the world.