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band Issue 6/April 6, 1990
Oet Bakker head of
North and South Europe
Country Desk
Henk Visser
joins
Executive Board
First international
management
trainee
Antwerp
Singapore
Rabobank all over the world
0n 1 February Oet Bakker joined the In
ternational Division as head of the North
and South Europe Country Desk. He was
with another Dutch bank: ABN from 1973
onwards. He succeeds Maus Barendrecht
who was appointed head of Rabobank's re
presentatie office in Madrid in September
smooth
betwee n
Italy, Spain and France.
Henk Visser (45) was appointed a
member of the Executive Board of Rabo
bank Nederland as from 1 February. Visser
studied macro-economics in Amsterdam
and joined Rabobank in 1971 as a mem
ber of the Economie Research Depart-
ment's staff. Two years later he became
head of that department. From 1975 on
wards he worked in the Corporate Banking
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial staff
Stan Polman, Thea Mutsaers-Fibbe and
Mariëtte Rozmus (Editorial Department)
Cees van Rest, Bob van der Kwast and Ton
van Iperen (International Division)
Editorial address
Rabobank Nederland
Maike Wit, editorial secretary
P.O. Box 17100
3500 HG Utrecht
The Netherlands
UC-B 552
Tel (030) 90 2083
Fax (030) 901904
Correspondents
Henk Adams (Indonesia), Maus Barendrecht
(Spain), Teun de Boon (Brazil), Jos van Boxel
(Australia), Cora Gelbstein (United Kingdom),
Otmar Heinz (Germany), Ad van Hienen
(Luxembourg), Raymond Koh (Singapore),
André Bar (France), Tat Ia Porte (Netherlands
Antilles), Sjouke Postma (Hong Kong), Frans
van het Schip (De Lage Landen), Cees Jansen
(italy), Hoyte Sillevis Smitt (Switzerland), Karl
Stoops (Belgium), Mia van de Ven (USA)
Designed and printed by
Hoonte Holland, Utrecht
Translation
Rabobank Nederland Translation
Department
The international Division of Rabo
bank Nederland has expanded rapidly in
recent years and so has the need for qual-
ified, well-trained management in the dif
ferent foreign-based offices. Therefore,
Rabobank Nederland and its subsidiary
Raibobank do Brasil Ltda., have devel-
oped a one-year intensive training pro-
gramme to prepare talented young man
agers for future leadership positions in
Latin America.
Berry Marttin will be the first international
trainee to start this programme geared to
Karei Plasman was appointed General
Manager on January 1. Until then he was
Head of Commercial Services.
At the same time Ronny Noerens, whose
position was Head of Account Manage
ment, was appointed Head of Commercial
Services.
In addition, Gilbert Reyns joined the Ant
werp Branch on January 1 as Head of Ac
count Management.
Wim T'Joen and Karl Stoops were ap
pointed Account Managers on February 1.
his future assign-
ment with Raibo
bank to Brasil Ltda.
in Sao Paulo.
Berry, 24, is a Bra-
zilian bom in Sao
Paulo. He speaks
the Dutch language
very well, because
his parents are both
from Holland. Berry
graduated in Busi
ness Administration at the 'Escola de Ad-
ministragao de Ampresas de Sao Paolo da
Fundacao Getülio Vargas' with specializa-
tion in Marketing, Finance and General Ad
ministration in 1987. He will stay for some
time at the Head Office of Rabobank Ne
derland in Utrecht.
Since the start of the Antwerp Branch
T'Joen has been responsible for the
financial administration, while Stoops
was for severai years Head of the Dutch
Desk.
Three employees of the Singapore
Branch have been promoted. Treasury Man
ager Lim Cheng Huat was appointed Assist-
ant General Manager. Biils Clerk Rowena
Loon is now Senior Biils Clerk and Telex Op
erator Emily Chen was appointed Settle-
ments Clerk.
Branches:
Antwerp/Belgium
London/United Kingdom
New York/USA
Singapore/Republic of Singapore
Representative Offices:
Hong Kong
Jakarta/lndonesia
Madrid/Spain
Milan/ltaly
Paris/France
Sao Paulo/Brazil
Sydney/Australia
Dallas/USA
San Francisco/USA
Subsidiaries:
ADCA-BANK AG/Federal Republic of Germany
Head Office: Frankfurt am Main. Branches in:
Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main,
Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart
Rabobank Curagao NV
Willemstad/Curagao, Netherlands Antilles
Rabobank Luxembourg SA
Luxembourg
Rabolnvest Management AG
Zurich/Switzerland
Rabobank Asia Ltd.
Singapore
NedShip Bank
Piraeus/Greece,
New York/USA,
Curagao/Netherlands Antilles
DLL Financial Services
Brussels/Belgium
Dusseldorf/Federal Republic of Germany
London/United Kingdom
Tunbridge WellsAJnited Kingdom
last year. The Coun
try Desk managed
by Bakker plays an
important part in the
further expansion of
foreign business on
the European mar-
ket. In particular,
this Country Desk
will have to accept
the challenge of a
united Europe in
1992. It also plays an important part in the
coordination of foreign business
the Netherlands and the offices in
Division, becoming
deputy head in
1980. From Sep
tember 1984 to July
1989 he was head
of the International
Division and until 1
February 1990,- head
of the Corporate Cus-
tomers Division.
In the Executive
Board Visser suc
ceeds Frans Boons, who has accepted a po
sition outside the Rabobank Group as from
1 June.
