GE Artesia Bank is a Dutch financial institution based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

. It was originally established in 1863 as the Nederlandsche Credit and Depositobank.

Company History

The bank has undergone a number of name changes since its inception. In 1872 it became a member of the Paribas group and was renamed Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas N.V., and in 1984 the name changed to Banque Paribas Nederland NV. On March 11, 1998, following the formation of Artesia Banking Corp., the name changed to Banque Artesia Nederland N.V. On December 28, 2006 the bank was taken over by GE Commercial Finance

GE Commercial Finance

GE Commercial Finance is a unit of GE Capital, . Headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, it plays a role in over 35 countries and had assets of over US$335 billion at year end 2007....

 and now operates under the trade name GE Artesia Bank.

Services

GE Artesia Bank offers private banking services to high net worth individuals as well as corporate banking services with six branches in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. GE Artesia Bank provides working capital finance, long-term finance, leasing, or finance for specific international trade transactions.

Management

Management Board: Steven Prins (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer), John-Harold Every (Originations Leader) and Johan Benning (Chief Financial Officer).
Senior Management Team: S.W. Prins (CEO), J. Benning (CFO), W. Oliver (CRO), J-H Every (Originations Leader), P. van de Koolwijk (Director Private Banking), S. Athreya (Commercial Organisation & Distribution Leader), B. Baldwin (General Counsel), M. de Jong (Operations Leader) and M. Ilieva (Human Resources Leader).

External links

• GE Artesia official website http://www.geartesiabank.nl/
• GE Capital official website http://www.gecapital.com