About this
Report
Chairman's
Foreword
Management Report Appendices
Corporate
Governance
Consolidated Financial
Statements
Company Financial
Statements
Committee on Cooperative Affairs
Summary Supervisory Board Meetings Committee on Cooperative
Affairs
General Responsibilities and Duties
The responsibilities and duties of the Committee on Cooperative Affairs (CCA) are described in the Rules of
Procedure of the CCA of Rabobank's Supervisory Board. In 2018 the Rules of Procedure were amended to become
compliant with - among others - the 'EBA rules on internal governance'. The revised version can be accessed via
www.rabobank.com.The CCA advises the Supervisory Board on all matters regarding Rabobank's cooperative
structure, organization and identity, and will make the preparations for the requisite decisions of the Supervisory
Board, consisting of: (i) the assessment of the Managing Board's reports on Rabobank's cooperative organization
and operations, ii) the submission of advice on cooperative affairs to the Managing Board, either upon request or
on its own initiative, and iii) advising the Supervisory Board on client-, market- or service-related topics (also in
relation to the sustainability ambitions, visions and strategy on pertaining to the sustainability targets that the
business units formulated), either at the request of the Managing Board or on its own initiative.
Facts Figures
Members on December 31,2018
Arian Kamp, chair (86%)
Irene Asscher-Vonk (72%)
Petri Hofsté (72%)
Ron Teerlink (86%)
Marjan Trompetter (100%)
The other members of the Supervisory Board have a standing
invitation to attend the meeting of the CCA.
Other Attendees Throughout the Year
Regular attendees:
Wiebe Draijer
Other frequent attendees on relevant topics:
Other Managing Board members,
responsible for the commercial business
lines: Marielle Lichtenberg, Kirsten Konst, Jan
van Nieuwenhuizen and Berry Marttin
Bas Rüter, director sustainability
Meetings
During 2018, the CCA convened seven times, of which two meetings were extra sessions dedicated to a specific
'cooperative' topic.
Topics
The regular topics for the CCA in 2018 included presentations on the client focus and client analytics for the
commercial business lines, updates on Bankieren 3.0, the CCA-year plan, an overview of Supervisory Board
members' visits to banks, social initiatives and updates on the cooperative renewal.
The continuing transition of Rabobank, including the
digitalization of processes and the innovation of our business
models, inspires employees. However, the Supervisory Board
realizes that it also challenges employees' ability to adapt since
it requires continuous learning. For example, many positions
throughout the network changed as a result of the Bankieren 3.0
transformation. The Supervisory Board discusses these topics in
its meetings with the Workers Council. It also receives regular
updates on the development of the organizational health index
scores. The board is content with the steadily improving level of
the index, which demonstrates employees' commitment and
sense of responsibility to the organizational changes. Members
of the Supervisory Board regularly attend the meeting of the
Workers Council and meet with its representatives. In 2018, a
fruitful "three-councils meeting" took place between the Workers
Council and the Supervisory and Managing Board. The
Supervisory Board attends and, where relevant, actively
participates in the General Members Council, chaired by Ron
Teerlink, chair of the Supervisory Board. Members also attend the
preparatory meetings for the General Members Council in the
networks of local Rabobanks and participate in meetings of
General Members Council committees.
Educational Sessions
The Supervisory Board has followed several educational sessions,
together with members of the Managing Board, other Rabobank
managers and external advisors and trainers.
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