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Chairman, Rabobank

Nationality: Dutch.

Born: April 13, 1943, in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

Education: Wolfgang Goethe Universität, bachelor's degree, 1965; Université Catholique de Paris, master's degree, 1966; Karls Eberhard Universität, PhD, 1969; Nederlands Economische Hogeschool, bachelor's degree, 1972.

Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: eight.

Career: AMRO Bank, 1969–1972, merger mediation/international acquisitions; 1972–1974, head account manager; 1974–1975, area manager for Germany, Scandinavia, and the Far East; 1975–1976, bank representative in Tokyo; 1976–1978, head area manager in Europe; 1978–1979, director of...