Employment & Social Dimension

A certified auditor, Robert-Jan van de Kraats began his career with one of the big four accountancy firms. In 1989, he joined an international technology group as finance and IT director for the Netherlands. He held various senior positions with an international credit insurance group from 1994 and in 1999 was appointed CFO and member of its managing board. He joined Randstad in 2001 as CFO and member of the executive board, and was appointed as its vice-chairman in 2006. He is responsible for Group finance & accounting, tax, treasury, business risk & audit and investor relations. In addition he is responsible for Japan, Nordics (Denmark, Norway and Sweden), Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey Greece) and South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay). He is also a supervisory board member of Ordina, a listed IT company, and SNS Reaal, a listed banking and insurance company.