eaho
hand
Guernsey -
it's official
New editor for
'International'
People
Buenos Aires
appointment
New operational
department
and personnel
resuffle
for Brazil
Although the Guernsey of
fice has been up and running
for some time now, it was only
opened officially on May 3.
The reception held to mark the
office's inauguration was actu-
ally a doublé celebration be-
cause Guernsey is also Rabo-
bank's 50th foreign office. The
ceremony was performed by
Willem Wagner, a senior man
ager in Utrecht and also a mem-
ber of Rabobank Guernsey's
board. 'We will try to become
an established part of the
Guernsey community as soon
as we can,' he said, 'and we
hope that through our network
we will be able to bring in a lot
of customers, thus participat-
ing in the wealth development
of Guernsey.'
Issue 17/May 24, 1993
Since April 1, international
banking services liaison officer
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial staff
Stan Polman and Anne Lavelle
(Editorial Department), Cees
van Rest and Brigitta van Kanten
(International Division).
Editorial address
Rabobank Nederland
Caroline Renette, editorial
assistant
P.O. Box 17100
NL 3500 HG Utrecht
Telephone +31 30 902083
Telefax +31 30 901904
Designed and printed by
Hoonte-Holland, Utrecht
Smile please - Rabobankers mark the official opening of the
Guernsey office (from left to right) Willem Wagner, Roy Smith (co-
general manager Guernsey), Ben Wentrup (foreign offices depart-
ment) and Cees van de Giessen co-generaI manager Guernsey).
Brigitta van Kanten has joined
the editorial team of Raboband
International. Van Kanten has
been with the bank for three
years. After studying Spanish
and English at the university of
Utrecht and completing her in
ternational marketing post-gra-
duate studies, she took up her
first job as marketing re
searcher for Spain. Following
an interna! intensive trainee
program, Van Kanten was trans-
ferred to hercurrent position as
strategie aliiance liaison officer
for Lloyds Bank in February
1991. She takes over the edi
torial work of long-serving
Raboband International editor
Jacqueline Noordhoorn - Van
Bentum.
Australia Lyn Kierulf has joined
the Sydney office as secretary,
succeeding Nadia Brugel who
has left the bank. Lyn has held
senior positions in both interna
tional diplomatic services and in
banking, most recentiy at the
Bank of America Australia Limited.
Germany Johannes Winkelmo
len has been appointed deputy
director of the branch office in
Munich. He comes from Rabo
bank Deutschland in Hamburg
where he has worked since Jan-
uary 1, 1989. Branch director
Reinhard Kuffner is leaving the
bank's employ on June 30,
1993.
United States On March 15,
Dennis Britt joined the New York
office as account manager from
The Chase Manhattan Bank.
An American has been ap
pointed to head up the Buenos
Aires office. This is the first time
a US Rabobanker has been sent
out as an 'ex-pat' to one of the
bank's offices abroad. Peter
Greenberg is currently vice
president in the eastern region
agribusiness division at the New
York branch, and he expects to
take up his new position during
the third quarter of this year.
'I'm delighted to have the oppor-
tunity to advance the bank's agri
business philosophy and market
ing strategy in a market where I en-
joyed banking very much,' says
Greenberg. He began his career as
a Latin American desk officer for the
Andean region with the Continental
Bank. He went on to become Ecua-
dor country manager before re-
locatingto Argentina to help set up
a branch of the Continental Bank
there.
Greenberg came to Rabobank
From May 1, Raibobank do
Brasil's administrative depart
ment has been transformed
into an operations section
headed up by Willy Castanhei-
ra Heriques.
The change over was decided
upon following the transferral of
New York in 1988. 'However,
much as I have enjoyed banking
here,' he says, 'I'm really looking
forward to returning to Argentina.
On the other hand, there are
some reaily exciting things begin
ning to happen at New York Branch
that I wil miss.' A fluent Spanish-
speaker, Greenberg also has
personal ties to South America as
his wife is Columbian and his
eldest son was born in Argentina.
'We're very excited about the
move,' Greenberg says, 'and I
hope I can do a sufficiently
credible job so that I'm not the
first and last international trans
fer of a US citizen out of the US.
I feel a special obligation to dem-
onstrate to the bank that it has
made the right decision in send-
ing me there.'
back office activities, managed
by Ursula Starke, from the com
mercial department to the new
operations section. The reason
was to prevent conflict of
interest.
Former international private
banking secretary, Aurora Toda,
has moved to the commercial
department, run by Ab Giilhaus,
and she will also supporting
credit analyst Daniël Araujo.
Celia Yoshihara joined interna
tional private banking in April and
she will be trained to take over
Aurora's responsibilities.
