New Supervisory Director Appointed at Rabobank Nederland


UTRECHT, Netherlands, June 16, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The General Meeting of Rabobank Nederland this afternoon appointed Mr P.F.M. (Paul) Overmars (59) to the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland. Mr L. Koopmans, Mr S.E. Eisma and Mr L.J.M. Berndsen have been reappointed to the Supervisory Board. The appointment of Mr Overmars ensues from the alliance that Rabobank entered into with Eureko/Achmea at the beginning of last year, which is now also taking shape at the level of the Supervisory Board. Mr Overmars is the second Eureko/Achmea Supervisory Director to be appointed to the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland. In 2004, the General Meeting appointed Mr A.H.C.M. (Arnold) Walravens to serve on the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland. Mr Overmars joined the Supervisory Board of Eureko/Achmea earlier this year. As of the foundation of the Achmea Insurance Group, resulting from the merger between Centraal Beheer Groep en Zilveren Kruis Groep in 1995, he was a member of the Executive Board of Achmea. Prior to that he held a number of positions including Chairman of the Zilveren Kruis Group. From 2002 to October 2004 he was CEO of Achmea.

With the appointment of Mr Overmars, the Supervisory Board now has a total of fourteen members. The composition of Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland is as follows: Mr L. (Lense) Koopmans (Chairman), Mr A.J.A.M. (Antoon) Vermeer (Deputy Chairman), Mr S. (Sjoerd) Eisma, Mr L.J.M. (Leo) Berndsen, Mr B. (Bernard) Bijvoet, Mr Teun de Boon, Mr W.F. (Wim) Duisenberg, Mr M. (Marinus) Minderhoud, Mr P.F.M. (Paul) Overmars, Mr J.A.A.M. (Hans) van Rossum, Mr H.C. (Herman) Scheffer, Mr M.J.M. (Martin) Tielen, Mr A.W. (Aad) Veenman and Mr A.H.C.M. (Arnold) Walravens. http://hugin.info/133178/R/998940/152291.pdf

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