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• Rob's role changed substantially when he was appointed as Global Head of Strategy, Architecture, Standards and Project Management within our organization. Since his appointment in 2002 Rob has performed his duties very well, managing to balance customer relationships and demands with internal staff management, whilst successfully creating his new department, in only a couple of months.
  Senior Vice President, IT Global Banking Company

• Rob is a warm, present and very senior leader with strong people and communications skills at every level of organizations. Rob is able to creatively listen for what makes a difference with his customers, to compose a winning team and lead that team to reliably delivering what is required. I warmly recommend Rob for any senior leader role.
  Business consultant & practice leader Infrastructure Modernization, HP

• Rob is a network man. He has in-depth knowledge of and a large network in the financial world also in the IT-related side of it. Rob is a pleasant manager to work with. He has done a large number of large projects for ABN AMRO with his teams in the global markets area globally for front-office as well as back-office related products. He has a brought range package of solutions for problems small and large and is able to deliver time-to-market. He is well attached with global market players and suppliers related to the financial world.
  Vice President IT, ABN AMRO

• Rob has been my counterpart during a hectic period, full of major projects. He managed a team of very good professionals and delivered great results for a demanding customer. In his field he was both a leader and a visionary.
  Sr. Vice President, ABN AMRO Bank

• I had the pleasure to report to Rob for about two years. Rob has a clear vision, and a very pragmatic way in reaching his goals. He is definitely willing to take a risk or two, but these are always calculated. Rob has the ability to truly delegate to his direct reports, while by asking the right questions stay in control. Next to that, Rob is the best people manager I ever came across; he is always willing to give his staff a new challenge, but will always monitor while giving people freedom to learn and grow. If I ever have the change to work with or for Rob again, I would say yes without any doubt.
  IT engineer/consultant, ABN AMRO Bank