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Eindhoven, Netherlands – Ronald Slaats was appointed as CEO of De Lage Landen International B.V. He succeeds Karel Schellens. Schellens is proud that one of his own team members will be taking over his role."Ronald has been with De Lage Landen for over 20 years. He’s extremely knowledgeable about our company, our customers and the markets we operate in."

Since starting at De Lage Landen, Slaats has held several senior management positions including commercial director of De Lage Landen Factors S.P.A. in Italy and managing director of De Lage Landen Leasing GmbH in Germany. In 1999, Ronald Slaats was appointed COO of De Lage Landen Financial Services in the United States. In 2002, he was appointed chairman of De Lage Landen Vendor Finance America Division and joined the Executive Board. In 2007, he returned to De Lage Landen’s head office in the Netherlands to take in the position of chief commercial officer for banking services and car lease.

Slaats’ former position in the Executive Board will be assumed by Jan Kusters. Kusters joined De Lage Landen in 1999 as commercial director, De Lage Landen Translease B.V. As of 2004, he assumed roles of successively vice president of the business unit Financial Institutions and president of Global Business Unit Financial Institutions.

Read the full press release on De Lage Landen's Web site.

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