Abel Rasterhoff
Description Abel L. Rasterhoff has served as a member of our board of directors and as the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of our audit committee since December 2006. Mr. Rasterhoff has also served as a member of the compensation committee since February 2007. Mr. Rasterhoff is also a director of Capital Product Partners, L.P., a company quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market, and President of the national Netherlands-England Society. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Rasterhoff served on the supervisory board of Stichting Garantiefonds Reisgelden in the Netherlands and as an advisor to the TUI Nederland Pension Fund. Mr. Rasterhoff was a Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer of TUI Nederland, the largest Dutch tour operator, from 2001 to 2004 and from 1998 to 2000. He also served on the Executive Board of Connexxion, the government owned public transport company, on an interim basis for six months in 2001. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Rasterhoff was a Director and Vice President, Finance and Planning, for Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited. During this period he also served as a Board Member of the Securities and Futures Authority (SFA) in London. In 1997, Mr. Rasterhoff retired after a 30-year career at various Royal Dutch Shell companies, where he was extensively involved in the shipping industry. From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Rasterhoff was Managing Director of Shell Tankers B.V., Vice Chairman and Chairman-elect of the Dutch Council of Shipping and a Member of the Dutch Government Advisory Committee on the North Sea. Mr. Rasterhoff holds a graduate degree in business economics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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