#86 - S5E6 - Auke Leenstra — Country Officer Netherlands & Benelux Citi, Foreign Bankers‘ Association, Dutch Banking Association, American vs European banks, love for music

Auke Leenstra is the Country Officer Netherlands and Benelux for Citi. Also, he is the Head of Banking for Citi’s European Bank. We recorded this episode at the Dutch Banking Association's offices in Amsterdam. His career has been at Citi for the last 28 years with 8 postings in 6 countries, from New York to London, Prague, Casablanca and Zurich. The last 10 years he has been in Amsterdam. Next to his job he is Chairman of the FBA, the Foreign Bankers' Association. Also, he is on the Board of the the Dutch Banking Association and on the board of the Fonds1818, a philanthropic endowment in The Hague. Auke studied Political Science at the VU University in Amsterdam and did another Masters Degree in International Relations at Columbia University in New York. He is 53 years old, married to a French Wife and has two children. *** Volg Leaders in Finance via de website. Volg Leaders in Finance via Linkedin. Volg Leaders in Finance via de nieuwsbrief. *** Leaders in Finance wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Interim Valley, FG Lawyers, Odgers Berndtson en Roland Berger. *** Vragen, suggesties of feedback? Graag! Via email: [email protected] ***Zelf gaan podcasten? Podcast inzetten voor jouw organisatie? Vragen over Hosting? We willen best even meedenken, dus neem gerust contact op: [email protected] ***Interesse in een podcast serie over een specifiek inhoudelijk onderwerp voor jezelf of je medewerkers? Met Leaders in Finance Academy maken we series over specifieke onderwerpen in de financiële sector. Zo maakten we een serie over Anti Money Laundering en komende maanden volgen series over Bijzonder Beheer, Open Finance en Sustainable Finance. We horen graag van je: [email protected] ***Liever niet via een podcast luisteren maar in persoon? Leaders in Finance Events organiseert events voor finance professionals. Meer informatie is te vinden op: leadersinfinance.nl/events.