Rabobank Group

Bert Bruggink CFO Executive Board Rabobank Nederland

Member of the Executive Board of Rabobank Nederland, Chief Financial Officer (since 2004) Bert Bruggink (1963) holds a degree in Financial Engineering from the Twente Technological University.
 
He obtained his doctorate in 1989 with a dissertation entitled Performance control in banking at the University of Twente. While still completing his education, he began his career at Rabobank in 1986 in the Central Administration and Management Information department. He was appointed in 1994 to the position of Head of the Control Central Banking Business corporate unit, which later became Control Rabobank International. He also served as Controller/CFO at Rabobank Nederland’s office in London from the summer of 1997 to the summer of 1998. Bruggink was appointed Head of the Control Rabobank Group Directorate in 1998. During this period he held a range of managerial positions within different divisions of the Rabobank Group, including Rabobank Ledencertificaten NV. He joined the Executive Board of Rabobank Nederland as CFO in 2004.

Bruggink has been actively involved with the University of Twente since 1986 to the present. He first served as a member of staff in the Financial Management and Business Economics Department of the Technical Business Administration faculty of the University of Twente. He has fulfilled the position of full professor since early 1996. Since May 2005, Bruggink has furthermore served as a member of supervisory boards including the Supervisory Board of the Isala Clinics in Zwolle.

In addition, Bert Bruggink holds a number of positions on an interbank basis on behalf of Rabobank and the Dutch banks at bodies including the Netherlands Bankers’ Association Policy Committee on Supervision and the Netherlands Bankers’ Association Policy Committee on Monetary Affairs.