DLL and Rabobank
hand in hand
Luxembourg
moves
Curagao, banking
in the Caribbean
Looking back to
the year 1990
I N T E R N A T I
N A L
Flowers for Charles Ru ijs
as Rabobank Duta starts in Jakarta
New Executive
Board
Member
ADCA-BANK
in the former GDR
Arm around the
shoulder not al-
ways appreciated
Staff communication magazine
The financial services com-
pany De Lage Landen is also
becoming increasingly active
outside the Netherlands. Often
together with Rabobank. 'Our
products are striking enough to
stand out internationally.' An in
terview with DLL's Managing
DirectorTon Toebosch. Page 8.
The rapid and continual
growth of Rabobank Luxem
bourg SA made it necessary to
move to new premises, only two
years after its establishment in
Luxembourg. The staff has
grown in numbers from three in
1988, when Rabobank Luxem
bourg was opened, to eighteen
at present.
Rabobank's oldest office
outside the Netherlands is on
the island of Curagao. Thanks to
its situation in the centre of
North and South America, Cura
gao has traditionally been an im
portant financial centre. An inter
view with Deputy General Man
ager Jan van Hunen. Page 3.
1990 is almost behind us.
Time to look back at a year in
which the internationalization
of the Rabobank Group has
continued at an accelerated
pace. Focus on the develop-
ments inside and outside the
Netherlands. A rundown on the
highlights. Page 6.
issue 8/December 17,1990
In mid-October Charles Ruijs, the new head of the Foreign
Offices Department, attented the festive start of Rabobank
Duta in Indonesia and was introduced to the staff of the joint
venture. Early next year Rabobank Duta will be opened officially.
Members of Rabobank Nederland's Board of Directors, who will
then be visiting the foreign offices in the Far East, will also be
present at the ceremoney.
With effect from 1 May
1991 Frank Schreve has been
appointed a member of the
Executive Board of Rabobank
Nederland. He will mainly be
responsible for Rabobank Ne
derland's own banking activi-
ties and will be Chairman of
the Management Committee
of the Central Banking Sector.
At present, Schreve is still
Chairman of the Executive
Board of the Heidemij. lts activ-
ities comprise the manage
ment and maintenance of the
living environment in the Nether
lands with all that implies, in-
cluding real estate, the infra-
structure and land develop-
ment. Schreve studied eco-
nomics in Lausanne in Switzer-
land and business administra-
tion at Stanford University in
California. His appointment
fills the vacancy which arose
following the death of Henry
Klarenbeek last year.
The ADCA-BANK has found
office accommodation in the
World Trade Center in Leipzig.
Headed by Jürgen Andrae,
former General Manager of the
ADCA office in Hanover, it will
start its activities this month.
The real estate market is so
difficult in terms of quality and
price that finding suitable ac
commodation proved much
harder than anticipated,' says
Karl Friedrich Tappe, General
Manager of the ADCA-BANK.
'But we're already doing busi
ness in the former GDR. In mid-
October the ADCA-BANK con-
cluded its first credit agreement
with what was formerly an East
German company in the agri-
business sector. Up to now,
four people have worked on the
East of Germany from Berlin.'
Peter Berns, General Manager
of the Berlin office: 'Our experi-
ences have been good. Particu-
larly in handling payment trans-
actions we can be of assis-
tance to Dutch customers. Gen-
erally speaking, it must be re-
membered that it takes be-
tween three and six weeks for
money from the former GDR to
reach the Netherlands. Through
our office in Berlin it takes
about eight working days.'
Unwanted intimacies are
becoming an increasingly topi-
cal subject in the Netherlands.
What one person regards as a
nuisance, is no problem to
someone else. A brochure pro-
duced by Rabobank Nederland
deals with the nature of such
intimacies, who are likely to be
bothered and what can be
done about it.
The collective labour agreement
for the Dutch banking sector
stipulates that the employer
must give information designed
to prevent unwanted intimacies
at the workplace. Unwanted inti-
mate behaviour can comprise a
whole range of actions: pawing,
displaying sexy posters on the
wall, showing colleagues porn
magazines, hanging over some
one, touching others unneces-
sarily, and also indecent as-
sault. It means that one-sided,
unwanted behaviour and some-
times force are involved. Not
everyone sees his or her boss's
arm around their shoulders as
a friendly gesture.
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