Matthijs joined Rabobank in 2003 and oversees the client coverage business in the Farm Inputs sector. In this capacity, he is responsible for setting and executing the overall coverage strategy for wholesale banking clients of Rabobank in the sector. Matthijs started his career at ABN AMRO Bank in 1995. Matthijs joined Rabobank in 2003 as Senior Transaction Manager Leveraged Finance. From 2004 to 2007 he headed this department of Rabobank in the Netherlands. He was then appointed as Head of Corporate Clients Food & Agri in the Netherlands in 2007. In this role Matthijs has seen and managed the evolution of the F&A business in in the Netherlands. In 2010 Matthijs was appointed Global Sector Head Farm Inputs in conjunction with his responsibilities in the Netherlands. Matthijs holds an MBA degree of Nijenrode University in the Netherlands and received executive management training at the Harvard Business School.