Hulshoff takes a closer look I in brief contents Rabobank Monthly newsletter for Rabobank International for I üt6 T Ï1QI US6 Oflly Issue 5 May 1999 IPB integration International Gold Kist visits RI What's NewS gets synergized What'sNewS The arrival of brand-new CEO Maarten Hulshoff marks the start of a number of initiatives including a three- month strategie review of major issues at Rabobank International. The ten-strong team, headed up by Reinier Mesritz and brought together in Utrecht for the purposes of ^^he review, lias just received a mandate front the managing board (see page 4 for high- ligbts). Gerting to know the people who make up Rl is the goal behind several other steps Hulshoff plans for his first four months in office. Through presentations by the various global heads of RI and meetings with key manage ment of the Rabobank Group, Hulshoff hopes to gain a genera 1 overview of developments within the wider Rabobank organization. In order to become acquainted with staff personally, he plans a series of informal luncheons with groups from all levels of the bank - an ideal opportunity for first hand discussions with the rank and file to gain insight into current issues and challenges facing the network today. Maarten Hulshoff maps our strc 'gic course As reported in What's NewS 1/99, the plans for a combined Rabobank and Robeco private banking and trust operation have now been finalized. At a New management team fltr: Hans Leenaars, Heinz Zimmer, Rik van Slingelandt, Hanno Riedlin, Thomas van Rijckevorsel, Stéfan Richter, Wim van der Goorbergh, (not pictured: Chris Hayes) practical level, this means a merger of activities of the two players in both Switzerland and Luxembourg. The new ^peration is called the Rabo Robeco Bank and it will be a full subsidiary of Rabobank Nederland. 'By merging our activities,' comments chairman of the management team, Thomas van Rijckevorsel, 'we can offer customers the best of both worlds.' Our IPB and trust activities have grown over the past five years. At year-end 1994, assets under management were NLG 4.3 billion (EUR 2 bn). Today, these have reached NLG 13.5 billion (EUR 6 bn) and growing. The integration of Robeco's Luxembourg and Swiss operations will add an additional NLG 19 billion (EUR 8.6 bn). The new sub sidiary, which has 450 employ ees in 13 countries, is targeted to doublé assets under manage ment over the next five years. Last month selected board members and managers from around the network played host to a delegation of 15 members of the managing board and board of directors of the American cooperative Gold Kist, including guests from Dutch cliënt contpanies. Our comraon food and agribusiness interests were at the heart of discussions; Gold Kist is the second largest poultry processing company in the US, third largest in the world. The meeting provided a valuable occasion for both parties to exchange insight into questions facing E&A coopera- tives such as expansion possibilites, capital structure and member involvement. Presentation topics included financial structures of co- operatives by Henk Visser, Gert van Dijk spoke on structural developments, and Gordon Butland prompted discussions on the global poultry market. Participants on both sides agreed the event was a successful opportunity for networking and creating dialogue among like-minded experts in a sector which remains highly significant to our global profile. Welcoming Maarten Hulshoff - his strategie review 3 Administration - global reshuffle 5 Executive board - new roles 6 Rabobank Group - constructive cooperation 8 Health care - adding expertise 12 Software systems - ARTS tooi for GFM 13 World wide web - Rl site relaunched 14 Information exchange - recent conferences 15 Talking heads - introducing BUI Cuthbert 16

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