Profile Herman Mulder

Profile Herman Mulder

<p>PROFILE HERMAN MULDER</p><p>General profile: Former executive in leading global bank , now independent board member resp. advisor with particular focus on broad range of sustainable development issues in “glocal “context; worldconnector.</p><p>Basic data:</p><p>Born: 7 June 1946, The Hague, Netherlands</p><p>Education: Gymnasium-B (The Hague 1964); Master-at-Law (Leiden University 1969); Bachelor Economics (Rotterdam University 1972); Executive Management Programs (INSEAD, 1996)</p><p>Languages: Speak: Dutch, English, French, German; read-only: Spanish, latin, ancient greek </p><p>Marital status: married, 4 sons (2 graduated from Delft University; 1 graduated from Maastricht University; 1 student at Delft University)</p><p>Address: Plaggenweg 385, 1406TT Bussum, Netherlands</p><p>Sports: skiing, golf</p><p>Special interests: geo-politics, travelling, philosophy, wine</p><p>Contacts: e-mail: <[email protected]>, <www.hermanmulder.nl> </p><p>Mobile phone: +31653369879</p><p>Employment history:</p><p>1970-1971: Dutch military service, the Hague</p><p>1972-1979: Pakhoed Holding (oil-services: Rotterdam; Blue Bell, Pa, USA): treasury/control, new business development;</p><p>1979-2006: ABN AMRO Bank: relationshipmanager (energy sector: SVP); credit work-out division (Head,SVP); structured/project finance & syndication(Global Head, EVP); risk management (Head Group Risk Management, co-Head Group Risk Committee, SEVP); creator of the ABN AMRO Foundation (first chairman); chairman Divisional Staff Council</p><p>1998-2004: non-Executive Director of Bank of Asia (Bangkok) Special achievements:</p><p>Lead ABN AMRO to become the leading international infrastructure financing bank in the 90’s: ABN AMRO was “Bank of the Year 1995”</p><p>Lead ABN AMRO to become the premier global bank in CSR/Sustainable Development in period 2003- 2007: Sustainable Global Bank of the Year 2007, Sustainable Emerging Markets Bank 2007 (India), Sustainable Emerging Markets Bank 2006 (Brazil); winner of the WEC-medal 2006, winner of Best Sustainability Report 2005, 2006;</p><p>Initiator of the Equator Principles for Project Finance (2002), now adopted by 60 banks</p><p>Knight in the Royal Order of Oranje-Nassau (2005) for his national and international efforts on Sustainable Development for business since 1998</p><p>Named among “100 most influential people in finance” by the US Treasury and Risk Management Magazine(July 2007)</p><p>Frequent publicist and speaker/panelist on issues related to risk management , infrastructure finance, local capital market development, finance for development (incl. micro finance in India), sustainable development(incl climate as challenge & opportunity, value chain), business ethics, corporate governance, “new scarcities” (water, food, biodiversity, skills)</p><p>Post-retirement focus:</p><p>Mr Mulder took a conscientious decision mid 2006 to retire from ABN AMRO to dedicate himself fully to ” international sustainable development as a business case”. His many activities in combination with his very extensive, diverse, high level policy- and practicioners’-oriented network, enables him to “connect” themes, people and initiatives, to create coalitions within the business sector and with their stakeholders, offering new business opportunities and/ or integrated solutions. Apart from Europe and North America, India has his particular interest, a country which he visits frequently.</p><p>Below functions are reflecting his broad interest and ambition to combine the many different aspects of “making markets work for sustainability” : enabling policy-making, non-financial reporting, multi- stakeholder cooperation (incl. NGO’s, consumer, investors).</p><p>Roles, functions </p><p>Member of the (Dutch) Worldconnector Committee: see website <www.worldconnectors.nl></p><p>Senior Advisor to World Business Council for Sustainable Development(Geneva)</p><p>Senior Advisor to UN Global Compact(New York) Member of the Board of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); member audit committee,Amstedam</p><p>Member of the Board of Dutch Committee for Development Cooperation(NCDO), member audit committee, Amsterdam</p><p>Advisor to the Club of Madrid (CoM): CoM is group of former world-leaders offering opinions and services on multiple issues, such as climate; member of climate panel, Madrid</p><p>Member of the Special Mediation Committee of the Dutch National Contact Point ref the OECD Guidelines for multi-national enterprises. The Hague</p><p>Member of the Board of Utz Certified; member audit committee, Amsterdam</p><p>Member of the Board of Business in Development (BiD): offering technical and financial support to qualifying SME’s worldwide, Amsterdam</p><p>Vice-Chairman of the ABN AMRO Foundation India, Mumbai</p><p>Member of the Board of MicroSave, India (capacity building in microfinance), Lucknow</p><p>Member of the Steering Committee for the Business Forum of the UN Finance for Development Conference in Doha: Monterrey II (New York)</p><p>Member of the World Bank Extractive Industries Advisory Group, Washington DC</p><p>Member of the TEEB Advisory Board: “The Economics of Ecosystems and Bio-diversity”, Bonn/Mumbai</p><p>Advisor the Earth Charter International Council, Costa Rica/Amsterdam</p><p>Member of the Core Faculty of SustAinability (Elkington et al), London</p><p>Member of the Roundtable (=advisory board) of OXFAM NOVIB, The Hague</p><p>Member of Steering Committee of Dutch Chapter of the Global Compact, the Hague</p><p>Member of Advisory Committee to the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS/TERI)</p><p>Member , lecturer of the Core Faculty of the Business Leaders’ Program on poverty reduction by University of Cambridge/Prince of Wales </p><p>Advisor to Triple Value on business impact analyses on fragile communities, the Hague</p><p>Member of the VBDO-jury on responsible Supply Chains for the AEX listed companies</p><p>Active participation on issues such as: human rights; public-private partnerships; consensus building & mediation; social, environmental and ethical standards; social venture capital (i.a. at John F Kennedy School/Harvard) Some recent publications/speeches </p><p>The Fortune at the Top of the Pyramid, British Council, Mumbai, October 2007</p><p>The G L Mehta Memorial Lecture, IFMR, Chennai, February 2008</p><p>The role of Chambers of Commerce& Industry in Combating Global Warming, Mumbai, February 2008</p><p>Inclusive Growth Needs an Inclusive Architecture (Europe’s World, June 2008 issue)</p><p>Bussum, 17 May 2008</p>

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