May 2010 - Association of Dutch Businessmen

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ADB Members spotted in orange! “Koninginnenach” @ Harry’s “Koninginnedagreceptie” by the Embassy Orange Ball @ Hollandse Club Michiel Kool, Mary and Philippe Huinck Adriaan du Toit, Jacco Poland, Sara Caris, Frank Kuijsters Fulco Verheul, Maurice Venbruex, Jan Kant, Edwin Nijhof, Iwan Marks, Paul de Bruijn Hans Loth, Gene Kwee, Christine Tran, Mirjam Bout Richard van der Werf, Max Speur, Albert Jan Hofman, Renier van den Bichelaer Berend Deiters, Paul Rombeek Frank Bomers, P.C. ‘t Hart Hans Peter Borgh, Joep Hillegers, Heike Huidekoper, Lies Ellison-Davis, Marie Piederiet, Wilco Alberda Lineke van Nederpelt, Patricia Butin Bik
PROLOGUE Board Members Up in the Air Jan De Vegt President VP Asia Air France Cargo/KLM Cargo Marie-HéLène Piederiet Vice President/Honorary Secretary Owner Past Perfect Collection Ard Huisman Honorary Treasurer Director Finance Vopak Asia Richard Van Der Werf Member GM T&T Bisso Salvage Asia Frank Kuijsters Member Director Digne Consult Asia Pacific Marleen Dieleman Member Visiting fellow NUS Business School Rutger Oudejans Member Regional Manager Provimi Hans Loth Member Managing Director Asia De Lage Landen Dear Members, First of all, I would like to thank TNT for the well organized and interesting tour of their facilities. Always good to see one of our Dutch companies here in action. If this visit would have been a week later, it would have looked very different as TNT’s transport to and from Europe came to a standstill. It was a strange week with all airlines heading Europe grounded and in crisis mode. Thousands of passengers stranded in places in the world and probably all of you knew somebody who was stuck in Europe. It is in times like this that you suddenly realize how dependent we are on air transportation and we all became aware of what happens when that stops. Suddenly people missed parties, weddings, business meetings. There was no more mail coming from Europe. The Straits Times mentioned that there were no more tulips at Far East Florist. Some types of food ran out, both here and in Europe. African farmers were not selling their flowers and had to destroy them, loosing lots of money. Vegetables and flowers from Holland were destroyed, just because air transportation had stopped. It remains also a strange thought that whatever you did, if you wanted or needed to travel to Europe, it was just impossible. Once again, it all makes you realize that we take things for granted. There maybe flights cancelled, but there is always somebody flying to Europe. We are far more dependant on air transportation than we ever thought and I do not say that because my salary is depending on it. After these events we had our traditional Orange parties, where we almost had to miss the herring due to the above events. Looking forward to see you at our May event, which will be very different compared to the previous May events. Secretariat Lineke van Nederpelt Operations Executive WWF International Happy reading, “The ADB provides opportunities for Dutch business people to meet, interact and share knowledge by means of company visits, lectures, networking events and membership communications.” Jan de Vegt
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