Van Lanschot's Board of Managing Directors intends to intensify the collaboration between Van Lanschot Belgium and Van Lanschot the Netherlands in order to realise efficiencies and further enhance the services provided to our clients, with the aim of sustaining the successful growth achieved in the past few years.

In connection with this, the Board of Managing Directors has decided to appoint additional members to the Executive Committee in Belgium.

Rob van Oostveen (40) has been appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of Van Lanschot Belgium with effect from 1 May 2012. He previously held the position of Director of Private Investments at Van Lanschot in the Netherlands. He succeeds Gerrit Verlodt as Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr Verlodt has decided to pursue his career elsewhere.

Evert-Jan Bentinck (57) was appointed member of the Executive Committee of Van Lanschot Belgium on 1 May 2012. For the past three years he was a member of the HRM Management Team at Van Lanschot in the Netherlands.

The National Bank of Belgium has approved both appointments.

The Executive Committee of Van Lanschot Belgium now comprises the following members:
- Rob van Oostveen, Chairman
- Evert-Jan Bentinck, member of the Executive Committee
- Jurgen Coenegrachts, member of the Executive Committee
- Paul Timmermans, member of the Executive Committee

's-Hertogenbosch, 3 May 2012

Van Lanschot Media Relations: Etienne te Brake, Media Relations Manager
Telephone +31 73 548 3026; mobile phone +31 6 12 505 110; e-mail e.tebrake@vanlanschot.com:
mailto:e.tebrake@vanlanschot.com

Van Lanschot Investor Relations: Geraldine Bakker-Grier, Investor Relations Manager
Telephone +31 73 548 3350; mobile phone +31 6 13 976 401; e-mail g.a.m.bakker@vanlanschot.com:
mailto:g.a.m.bakker@vanlanschot.com

Van Lanschot NV is the holding company of F. van Lanschot Bankiers NV, the oldest independent bank in the Netherlands with a history dating back to 1737. The bank offers high-quality financial services to high net-worth Individuals, entrepreneurs and their businesses and institutional investors. Van Lanschot NV is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

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Press release (PDF):
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