I am Kathleen Baecke, born 27 years ago in a southern part of the Netherlands called Zeeland Flanders, near Antwerp (Belgium). I have lived there for 18 years with my parents and older brother, who will be the third generation of family successors on the agricultural farm. Since the year 2007 I live in Utrecht with my boyfriend Fabian. During leisure I prefer to meet friends, do jogging or skating, go on holidays or help my parents during the harvest season. I started studying Management and Economics at Wageningen University in the year 2000. After finishing my Bachelor degree I continued my Masters in the field of Human Resource Management. During my study I have actively participated in the international student association AIESEC, which aims at exchanging people globally, the exchange of cultures and (work) experiences. Since the year 2007 I work at the headquarters of the Rabobank in the Human Resources department. The Rabobank Group is a full-range international financial services provider founded on cooperative principles. It employs over 60,000 staff and is represented in 43 countries. The total number of employees in the Netherlands is about 42,000 people.
I am looking forward to experience the knowledge and cultural exchange with all of you; to discover Brazil and to learn from and interchange professional and inter-relational knowledge. Therefore I am interested in the answers to questions like: How do enterprises deal with HR issues like an ageing employee population or extensive increase of youngsters within their company? How do they attract, keep and develop employees to meet the business objectives now and in the future? Is there a transparent compensation and benefit policy within companies and (how) does this differ between profit and non-profit organisations?
