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in brief
New eyesand ears
stop press
Who's who?
History lesson
Calling all hands
2 What's NewS Issue 2 March 2000
Developments, deals, highlights...
What's News doesn't want to miss a
thing. So, in a continuing effort to keep a
finger on the pulse of Rl, we've formed a
ncw editorial board. Changes within the
organization, including personnel
changes, have disturbed information flow
to some cxtent, making our goal of effec-
tive communication more challenging. In
order to address this problem as well as
maximize input from all business and sup
port units, a new model has been adapted
to include a virtual board in addition to
the newly-configured 'physical' board.
Mentbers who will continue to meet once
a ntonth, bringing topics of interest from
their core activities are: chair person,
Mirjam Diepenbrock. Support: Anneke
Broere, Rob Niesert, Bram Kruimel,
Rachel Bosman or Claudia Smit. Business
units: Peter Norrie, Berend du Pon, Frans
van Bijsterveld or Niek Streefkerk.
Rabobank Nederland: Jan Posdijk.
Editors: David Brown, Naomi Lindt and
Anne Lavelle. Through the support of the
virtual board, we hope to dig deeper, in-
forming readers about news in all corners
of the network. Virtual team members
are: Cindy Kwong, Dick Schulze, Peter
Greenberg, Henri Jacquandt, Reinier
Mesritz, Gijs van der Schrieck, Maarten
Pronk, Ronald Blok, Hans de Weerdt Jr.,
Cor Broekhuyse, Patrick Maes, Roel van
Veggel, Kate Hedges and John Weggeman.
If you have a newsworthy item, don't
hesitate to get in touch with one of the
editorial team members via email.
Rabo India has scored real kudos
following its appointment by
Tata Tea as sole lead manager and
arranger of its acquisition of the
world's number two brand Tetley.
According to R.K. Krishna Kurnas,
Tata's vice chairman, 'Rabobank's
strategie and financial advisorv,
followed by a complete fïnancing
offer, has been a key component in
this significant acquisition. Wc are
extremely pleased by the profes
sional commitment and dcdication
by Rabobank.' More on the largest
cross-border acquisition in India's
corporate history next issue.
Will the real Mark Northway
please stand up? They say we all
have a doublé somewhere in the
world. But the chance that they
both work in our London office is Mark Northway Chris Freeman
highly improbable. So if you
thought you were seeing doublé last ntonth, you wcre right. Two pictures of Chris
Freeman appeared in our last issue, leaving out Mark Northway. Our apologies!
Who was the world's first treasurer?
Our own Peter Sugarman, ntanag-
ing director, joint European head of
structured finance provided the winning
answer to a contest held by "The
Treasurer", the UK Association of
Corporate Treasurers' trade magazine.
Following are excerpts from his letter,
which was printed in full in their
February issue: 'If you are willing to ac
cept Biblical sources, I think some claim
to the title of World's First Treasurer
could be made for Joseph (he of the
multi-coloured coat). Around 1500 BC,
he clearly acted as treasurer to Pharaoh.
He was rcsponsible for the royal ac
counts, as well as commodity collection
The telephonc numbers of Rabo
Istanbul have changed.
Per 21 February the new main
number is: +90 212 326 72 00.
Masthead
(oordination and Distribution
Mirjam Diepenbrock, Marketing Rl
Managing Editor Anne Lavelle
(The Write Company)
Editors David Brown, Naomi LindtLisa Petrie
and distribution. During the years of
fantine, he added substantially to
Pharaoh's property portfolio by judicious
acquisition of land for food. If you reject
the above, then the Mishna, an early
Hebrcw text which is the precursor to the
Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud,
names "Yochanan ben Pinchas" as the
treasurer of the tcmple in Jerusalem
around 650 BC. He was rcsponsible for
collecting money from pilgrims, disburse-
ments for temple use and supervision of
FX and commodities. Interestingly, the
treasurer was rcsponsible for a daily
balancing of the accounts, and... was
personally rcsponsible for any short-
fallNow that's accountability.
As of 22 April,
UK telephonc
dialling codes are
changing as well -
until then the old
codes are effective
along with the new. In London, both
prefixes 0171 and 0181 become 020.
Mobile and pager numbers are
affected as well. Contact Ellen van
Rossunt, +31 30 2161386 for details.
Editorial Address
Rabobank International Marketing, UC B652
P.O.Box 17100,3500 HG Utrecht
Telephone +31 30 216 2433
Telefax +31 30 216 1976
Rabomail
mirjam.diepenbrockdutc.rabobank.com
Design the write comfj(in\.Amsterdam
Lithography Zetterij Niek van Dijk, Amsterdam
Printing Drukkerij Cliteur bv, Amsterdam
Please send address changes by e mail to
Mirjam Diepenbrock, Marketing Rl
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