Rabobank Australia Limited has announced Angelique Meddeler, Rabobank’s global Chief Compliance Officer, has joined its board, effective September 24, 2024.
Ms Meddeler moves into the position vacated by Lara Yocarini, who has stepped down after three years on the board. Ms Yocarini has taken up a new role as Chief Executive Officer of Rabobank’s global asset finance subsidiary De Lage Landen (DLL) and has been appointed to the Managing Board of Rabobank.
Announcing the new appointment, Rabobank Australia chair James Fazzino said Ms Meddeler’s extensive experience in global banking, across a diverse range of roles –
coupled with a “strong knowledge of the regulatory landscape” – made her an ideal fit for the Rabobank Australia board.
Ms Meddeler, who is based in Utrecht in the Netherlands, has 30 years’ experience in global retail and wholesale banking and joined Rabobank in December 2021 in the role of Chief Compliance Officer.
She had previously spent more than 25 years with ING Bank, serving in a wide range of roles including Global FEC/AML (Financial Economic Crime/Anti-Money Laundering) Lead for ING Retail and Wholesale worldwide, Global Head Client Services Wholesale Banking, Head of International Business Clients and Head of Marketing Retail/Business Clients.
Part of the global cooperative Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist food and agribusiness bank, Rabobank Australia is one of the country’s leading agricultural banks and a major provider of corporate and business banking services to the food and agribusiness sectors. It also operates online retail savings and deposits business Rabobank Online Savings.
In addition to chair James Fazzino, Ms Meddeler joins other directors of Rabobank Australia – Jillian Segal AO, Christine Feldmanis, Clive Stiff, Geerten Battjes and Rabobank Australia CEO Mark Wiessing.
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Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group is a part of the international Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Rabobank has more than 125 years’ experience providing customised banking and finance solutions to businesses involved in all aspects of food and agribusiness. Rabobank is structured as a cooperative and operates in 38 countries, servicing the needs of more than nine million clients worldwide through a network of more than 1000 offices and branches. Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group is one of Australasia’s leading agricultural lenders and a significant provider of business and corporate banking and financial services to the region’s food and agribusiness sector. The bank has 90 branches throughout Australia and New Zealand.
