Committees of the Supervisory Board
Audit Compliance Committee
Cooperative Issues Committee
Keeping informed of developments
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board has close contacts with the Chairman of the Executive Board
and holds monthly meetings with the internal auditor and the Group Compliance Officer. In addition,
the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, the Chairman of the Audit Compliance Committee, the
external auditor and the internal auditor meet at least four times a year. During the year under review,
the members of the Supervisory Board regularly attended, as observers, meetings of Rabobank
Nederland's Works Council, as well as the Regional and Central Delegates Assembly.This enables the
Supervisory Board to keep up to date with the interests of Rabobank Nederland's major stakeholders.
As part of their periodic learning, the members of the Supervisory Board gained information on credit
policy and credit risk management.
Meetings
The Supervisory Board met six times in 2008. Not one member was repeatedly absent from those
meetings. The Supervisory Board has five committees. The Audit Compliance Committee met eleven
times, the Cooperative Issues Committee met three times, the Appointment Committee and the
Remuneration Committee each met four times and the Appeals Committee did not meet in 2008.
Duties
Members
The Audit Compliance Committee performs preparatory
work for the Supervisory Board's decision-making on the
supervision of the management of, inter alia, financial issues,
ICT and compliance-related activities.
M. Minderhoud, Chairman
LJ.M. Berndsen, permanent member
L. Koopmans, permanent member
B. Bijvoet
A.W. Veenman
C.P. Veerman
AJ.A.M. Vermeer
Duties
The Cooperative Issues Committee performs preparatory work
for the Supervisory Board's decision-making on intended
policies of the Executive Board concerning the cooperative
policy and structural dimension of the local Rabobanks and
Rabobank Nederland and concerning corporate social
responsibility.
Members
AJ.A.M. Vermeer, Chairman
L. Koopmans, permanent member
M.J.M. Tielen, permanent member
S.E. Eisma
L.O. Fresco
P.F.M. Overmars
H.C. Scheffer
A.H.C.M. Walravens
Appointment Committee
Duties
Members
The Appointment Committee performs preparatory work for
the Supervisory Board's decision-making on the composition
of and (re)appointments to the Supervisory Board and the
Executive Board.
L. Koopmans, Chairman
L.O. Fresco
H.C. Scheffer
A.W. Veenman
AJ.A.M. Vermeer
A.H.C.M. Walravens
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