in brief
Returning champions
upcoming events
new face
2 What's NewS Issue 4 June/ July 2000 f
From 26 May until 4 June, the Wagener
Stadium in the Amsterdamse Bos was
the place to be for international hockey.
The stadium was the site for the
Rabobank International Champions
July 22-23
'our de France, Paris, France
Asia International Sugar Conference,
Singapore (sponsored by Rabobank)
Sail 2000, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
World Potato Congress, Amsterdam,
the Netherlands (sponsored by
Rabobank)
Sept 4-8
Oils and Fats International Congress
2000, Kuala Lumpur
Sept 11-13
Functional Food and Beverages,
London, UK
Sept 14-15
Infrastructure of the New Value-added
identity Preserve Production Chain,
Chicago, US
Asian Food Technology Fair, the Total
Food Chain Trade and Networking
event for Asia
Rabobank International Global
Conference on Sugar and Starch
Sweeteners, Barcelona, Spain
World Juice 2000, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
Rabobank
Nederland's
Executive Board is
welcoming its
newest membei;
Hans ten Cate,
wbo will join the
organization from
1 September. Ten Cate will work on
shaping Rabobank Group's commercial
policy on a national and international
level, and will be responsible for
corporate and investment banking
activities.
Ten Cate joins Rabobank after a long
bistory witb ABN AMRO in various
positions, including genera! regional
director in Rotterdam and director of
credits and special fhiattcing, bis
current role.
For more information on F&A
conferences, please contact Martha
van den Berg. Therese van Doeveren
can provide additional info on
sporting events.
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Top players on the field: five-time winners, the men's team
(above). Stephan Veen shows off the latest trophy (right)
across the Netherlands forced an evacua-
tion of the premises on 28 May and de-
layed many matches, the Dutch men's and
women's teams played as scheduled. At
Rabobank's hospitality tent, we hosted
about 300 guests everyday, and more than
500 at the finals. These guests were clients
and contacts of the local member banks,
Rabobank Nederland and Rabobank In
ternational. And, our teams delivered the
excitement of the week - both the men
and women captured the Champion
Trophy for 2000.
This was a crucial vic-
tory for the teams - as
their next stop will be
the 2000 Olvmpic
games in Sydney. 'This event really
demonstrates the truc spirit of Rabobank,'
says Stephan Veen, captain of the men's
team and player that scored the goal that
won the trophy. 'Through teamwork and
cooperation, we were able to secure a vic-
tory. But there's also the clients - as spon
sor to the hockey team and host to hun-
dreds of clients, we are able to show
Rabobank's continued commitment to
customers and its investment in the com-
munity.'
Trophy 2000, attracting over 7,000
spectators a day. Wagener extendcd its
seating capacity to 9000, meeting the
high demand for tickets - even so, the
stadium was sold out for several events
While serious weather problems all