organization
,Who is doing
The human factor
Rik van Slingelandt - organization
development, social policy (including domestic
collective labour agreements), knowledge
management, management development,
Rabobank Academy, Nedship Bank and
international private banking trust
Hans Smits, chairman -wab
Wim van den Goorbergh, CFO
Jan Groninger - Rabofacet
What'sNewS Issue 5m May 1999
Henk Visser - Rabobank International,
Robeco Group, Gilde Investment Management
and De Lage Landen International
(member banks), accounting, legal and
fiscal affairs, corporate communication,
sustainable development and strategy
- financial planning, balance and risk
management, treasury, solvency, supervision
and compliance, investor relations, Interpolis
and Schreden
(utility and services), security services, R&D,
payment traffic, securities and millennium
will be more like contracts. And if you
look at the first quarter results, then you
see that the current cost overruns cannot
be tolerated.' Asked if the contract
concept was good news or bad news for
Rl, he sniiles, responding that it depends
on whether you're an optimist or a
pessimist. What are you? The smile
broadens: Tm a realist,' he quips,
perhaps heralding the launch of a new
realism within Rl, based on both
^ynergies with other subsidiaries and a
Jlontracted commitment to return on
solvency and reduced costs. For more on
hou.' Rabobank Group subsidiaries work
together, see next page.
Interim chief of Rl for the past year, Rik van Slingelandt's new tasks within the
reshuffled executive board take him into what he describes as 'a crucial area
for the development of the whole Rabobank Group'. Now responsible for human
resources in all its forms, Van Slingelandt will be focusing on management
development and knowledge management from a Group perspective. Tm very
happy with this new opportunity,' he says. 'I think it is time we looked at issues
such as management development, training, management rotation and knowledge
management from a Group perspective. This role will give me a chance to
promote and stimulate these and other issues. It will also allow me to work more
closely on the human resources side of the organization. This is an area that has
always interested me. Now is my chance to participate in developing it.
