TEN QUESTIONS FOR
Global Head Corporate Finance Tanja
Cuppen talks about Structured Finance,
Leveraged Finance, Project Finance and her
grandfather's heritage.
16 ISSUE 15 JANUARY 2008 THE WORD
TEXT Sharon Klein
PHOT OCi RAP H Y Corbïno
TANJA CUPPEN
1 Who is Tanja Cuppen?
'Tanja Cuppen is an analytical soul who studied econometrics
and business economics; someone who likes mountain biking
and likes to go for the lead; a woman who enjoys the opera and
classical music. In parallel to her work responsibilities, she sits on
the board of the 'Waag Society' and 'Mediagilde', two cultural
institutions that develop concepts on the edge of new media,
art and culture".
2 What were you doing before this?
"I started as a trainee with the forerunner of Rabobank Internation
al, and as I always liked working with Rabobank, I decided to stay.