Financial markets
in turbulent times
DUISENBERG LECTURE
AT WORLD BANK AND IMF
What? Round Table for Supervisory Board members
When? 2 November 2010
Where? Amsterdam, the Netherlands
On 2 November, Rabobank International
Wholesale Netherlands will host its first
Round Table discussion for Supervisory
Board members, which will be held at the
Geelvinck museum in Amsterdam. The
topic of the evening's discussion will be
'How to cope with financial markets in
turbulent times'. Roderick Munsters, CEO
of the Robeco Groep and Wim Boonstra,
Chief Economist of Rabobank, will lead
the discussion, while Sipko Schat will host
the event. Between 8 and 10 Supervisory
Board members from a variety of large
corporates are expected to attend.
Since the economie downturn, and
following the public's call for more
stringent control within business,
Supervisory Board members' governance
role and tasks have been extended. The
Round Table will be used as a platform
to extend and deepen Rabobank Inter
national Wholesale Netherlands' network
on a strategie level. Given the bank's
ambition to be the leading wholesale
bank in the Netherlands, Supervisory
Board members are seen as an inter-
esting target group for Rl Wholesale
Netherlands.
Rabobank. Een bank met ideeën.
U bent van harte uitgenodigd voor
de Round Table op 2 november 2010
What?Duisenberg Lecture
When? lOOctober 2010
Where? Washington D.C., United States
the Executive Board of Rabobank Neder
land, introduced Mr Polman and, follow
ing his lecture, presented a Rabobank
study on 'Sustainability and Security of
the Global Food Supply Chain'.
The Duisenberg Lecture series has estab-
lished itself as an important voice on key
development issues relevant to agricul-
ture, agri-based energy sources and rural
finance. The integrity of the lecture, which
has a consistent message that stays
on topic from one year to another, has
earned widespread respect. Rabobank
began hosting a Luncheon Event during
the Annual Meetings of the IMF and the
World Bank Group in 2004. At each yeahs
luncheon event since, Rabobank has
invited one or two keynote speakers to
present his or her views on a topic that
is close to the heart of Rabobank and of
relevance to the international develop
ment agenda.
Continuing a tradition that started in 2004,
Rabobank hosted the Duisenberg Lec
ture during the Annual Meetings of the
World Bank and IMF, held in Washington
D.C. on 10 October. The topic of this years
lecture was The (Integral)
Sustainability and Security
of the Food Chain'.
This year's lecture was
delivered by Mr Paul
Polman, CEO of Unilever,
who has a wealth of ex-
perience within the F&A
sector. In his lecture, Mr
Polman discussed some
of the issues that impact
a globalising food mar-
ket, such as the challenge
to preserve and sustain
the food chains in rela-
tion to food security. Piet
Moerland, Chairman of
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