Keeping perspective
It's easy to get absorbed in the details of
day-to-day business life. Sometimes it pays
to take time out to scan the bigger picture.
Chairman Rik van Slingelandt shares with
The Word how Rabobank International (Rl)
is perceived within the Group.
When the first RI office opened
in Cura^ao in 1978, it was
intended to support Dutch clients'
international activities. Today, RI's
activities are more numerous and
include supporting funding for the
Group, serving as a hatchery for
people and products, providing sales
channels for other Rabobank entities,
and cultivating and sharing Food and
Agribusiness (F&A) expertise, while
contributing appreciably to net profit.
'Clearly we are not operating in an
isolated world,' says Van Slingelandt,
'so it's important to examine the
Group's expectations for Rl, pin-
pointing where we are successful
and where we can improve.'
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