Henk Paardekooper will become the new president of RBS Bank Romania, following confirmation from the National Bank of Romania (NBR), which is still pending.
Johan Gabriels, the current president, has been leading the Romanian operations since 2009. Among his accomplishments is maintaining the bank on profit during 2009 and 2010.
Henk Paardekooper has a 20 year experience in banking, specialized on emerging markets. Between 2004 and 2010, Paardekooper was president of RBS Russia, where he merged ABN AMRO and RBS. Moreover, in 2007 he took the management of operations in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Prior to 2004, he led the corporate finance consultancy department at ABN AMRO, in Holland.
Ovidiu Posirca