CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arthur C. Martinez has been named as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO. His appointment was effective as of the General Meeting of Shareholders on April 27, 2006. He succeeds Mr. Aarnout Loudon, who has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 1996.
Mr. Martinez is former Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc. (1995-2000) and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive at Sears Merchandise Group (1992-1995); and beginning in 1980 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. In 1990, he became Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Arthur Martinez joined the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO in 2002. He makes a valuable contribution to the Supervisory Board, partly due to his extensive experience as an executive for a number of leading U.S. companies and broad knowledge of U.S. financial markets.
Other Board memberships include International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., Liz Claiborne Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and IAC/Interactive Corporation.
The Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO consists of the following 12 members: Arthur Martinez (Chairman), Louise Groenman, Baron David de Rothschild, Trude Maas-De Brouwer, Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes, Paolo Scaroni, Lord Sharman of Redlynch, Andre Olijslager, Rob van den Bergh, Anthony Ruys, Gert-Jan Kramer and Gerhard Randa.
About ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Netherlands-based ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (NYSE:ABN) is one of the world's largest banks, ranking 11th in Europe and 20th in the world based on tier 1 capital, with total assets of EUR 975.1 billion, more than 3,000 locations in over 60 countries and staff of more than 105,000 full-time equivalents. DATASOURCE: ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
CONTACT: T. Hauser for ABN AMRO, +1-312-904-4687
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