in briet
new faces
did you know
Recycling sponsorship
Donating personal
computers
2 What'sNewS Issue 2 February 1999 I
Our own chairman, Herman
Wijffels, recently announced
rhat Rabobank will be
continuing its sponsorship of
the professional cycling team
until 2003, with an option of
extending a further two years.
At the presentation of this
year's new cycling teams,
Wijffels expressed Rabobank's
satisfaction at the results so far
of the Rabobank cycling plan.
'We are seeing the fruits of our
efforts across the entire
spectrum, from recreational
cycling to the professional
team.' Wijffels, who will be
leaving the bank in March,
also emphasized that the
decision to renew the
sponsorship contract was also
supported by his successor
Hans Smits, among others. 'In
our organization decisions like
these are never taken by just
one person, they require the
unanimous backing of the
board,' Smits explained. And
as with previous years,
expectations are running high
for the Rabobank cycling
team, who are set to start the
new season with no fewer than
seven racers from the world's
top 50. For details of the 1999
cycling team programor for
more informationplease
contact marketing Rl at tel.
+31 30 216 2804.
In today's fast-moving global
business world, a personal
computer (PC) has a shelf life
of around three years before
it's replaced with a newer,
faster model. Through an
initiative taken by our own
Rabobank Foundation, these
near-new, yet already 'old'
computers are put to -
typieally Rabobank -
sustainable use. The snow-
balling project involves the
network donating their used
PCs to worthy causes in
developing countries. So far a
total of over 1500 computers
have been donated, of those
1090 came from local Dutch
banks - some 50 from
Rabobank Eindhoven alone,
Kertyan students' ftrst lesson in word processing on recycled
Rabobank computers
310 from combined Rabobank
International (Rl) offices and
120 from Rabobank
Nederland Securities Services.
Within the Netherlands all
donated PCs are being used in
primary schools. And some
examples further afield: under
the auspices of the Rabobank
Foundation who selects the
projects and takes responsi-
bility for logistics, a secondary
school in Kenya now has
several computers for
educational purposes, as do
schools stretching as far and f
wide as Surinam and Bolivia.
And a wonten's micro-credit
group from Columbian slums
now have access to PCs to run
their administration. For more
on the project, or how to
donate your near-new com
puter, contact either your local
systems administrator, the
Raboweh or Michaël de Groot
at Rabobank Foundation
(m.a.n.groot@rn.rabobank.nl).
Laurens Masereeuw (below)
showed Rabobank International
(Rl) a new face early in February
when he stepped in to the
marketing department as senior
marketing manager. Masereeuw
completed his studies in economie
geography at the University of
Utrecht. After pursuing further
studies in marketing he began his
career in market research, designing
several marketing information
systems along the way. With the
NMB Postbank Group (later, ING) he
served as project manager for
several customer-focused projects.
Conseguently he was asked to help
found a daughter company of ING
and insurance company Nationale
Nederlanden called MKB Punt,
which grew from two employees to
70 in three years. As marketing
manager, he developed marketing
and communication tools and
strategies; expertise which he now
brings to Rl. He is eager to face the
challenge of'finding the right kind
of marketing mix for Rl worldwide.
This means standardizing PR and
marketing tools while still leaving
room for local requirements'.
TheAsian
health care
team in
Singapore is
fortunate to
have the
expertise of
two new
members.
Anne Hockett
(below left) joined us as senior
manager in September of 1998.
Prior to that she was the managing
director and founder ofAsia Health
Ventures, a regional health care
venture capitaI company. Hockett's
background in health care is
distinctive because of its variety in
both the public and private sectors.
Christine
Pillsbury
(left) came
to Rabobank
health care
in November
of 1998 from
Warburg
Dillon Read
where she worked as a senior
investment analyst in Singapore
equity research. Previously, she was
named a chartered financial
analyst for her launch of the GBP
20 million closed end Asia health
care fund.
Those with millennium
questions are encouraged to A
contact their local millennium
coördinators, or the millennium
program team on:
tel: 31 30 216 6888, e-mail:
fm.global.millennium infodesk.
Masthead
Editorial Staff
Editor in Chief Mirjam Diepenbrock
Managing Editor Anne lavelle (The Write Company)
Editors David Brown, Samantha Dobson, Lisa Petrie
Distribution Len Fraser
Editorial Address
Rabobank International, UC B652
P.O.Box 17100,3500 HG Utrecht
Telephone +31 (0)30 216 2433
Telefax +31 (0)30 216 1976
Rabomail fm.global.Whats-NewScutc.rabobank.nl
Design the write comfmn\!, Amsterdam
Lithography Zetterij Niek van Dijk, Amsterdam
Printing Drukkerij Cliteur bv, Amsterdam
Please send address changes to the editorial address
