Unilever has headquarters in Rotterdam and London. Some former Dutch employees:
Dick Tommel, until 1990 vice president of the Netherlands-DDR Association (DDR=Communist East Germany); politician, from 1994 to 1998 State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Ella Vogelaar, from 1970 to 1983 member of the main Dutch Communist Party. Union leader, president of Supervisory Board of Unilever. In 2007 and 2008 Minister-without-budget for "Living, Neighborhoods and Integration".
Jan Marijnissen, from 1971 party executive of the Kommunistiese Partij Nederland/Marxisties Leninisties (KPN/ML), a Maoist party that renamed itself in 1972 in Socialistiese Partij (SP). From 1988 to 2015 SP leader.
Mark Rutte, studied from 1985 to 1992 History in Leiden. Then worked at Unilever HR department until 2002. Then coached by Geert Wilders into politics. State Secretary of Social Affairs and then of Education, Culture and Science. From 2010 Prime Minister of The Netherlands.
Speaking of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, it may be worthwhile mentioning that he was member of the Leiden Student Society Minerva. The society has an owl in the logo, and there is an owl statue. More importantly, there are these three other members:
Joris Demmink, worked from 1982 to 2012 at the Ministry of Justice; from 2002 as Secretary-General.
Ivo Opstelten, from 2010 to 2015 Minister of Justice
Ard van der Steur, from 2015 Minister of Justice
From 2003 there have been allegations of child abuse by Demmink. This caused the Ministers of Justice hard times.
The Dutch Wikipedia page says: Demmink was often in the news because he was accused of criminal behavior. However, the state prosecutor did never find reason for prosecution.
The French Wikipedia page has: Joris Demmink was also at the center of a pedocriminal affair in the highest political spheres in the Netherlands. The case, however, never succeeded and the investigation continues to this day. In 2014 a criminal investigation is ordered by the court of Den Bosch
It seems that this investigation has been stopped in May 2016 since Turkey did not cooperate.
In 2013 there was a resolution in the US House of Representatives: the Secretary of State should seek to amend Article 22 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice to move the seat of the Court from the Netherlands. (...) Whereas Joris Demmink, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2012 and the Director General for International Affairs and Immigration in the Netherlands from 1993 to 2002, has been accused by Mr. Osman of rape in Edirne, Turkey, in or about 1997 when Mr. Osman was 14 years old; (...)
view the rest of the comments →
andrevandelft ago
Unilever has headquarters in Rotterdam and London. Some former Dutch employees:
andrevandelft ago
Speaking of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, it may be worthwhile mentioning that he was member of the Leiden Student Society Minerva. The society has an owl in the logo, and there is an owl statue. More importantly, there are these three other members:
From 2003 there have been allegations of child abuse by Demmink. This caused the Ministers of Justice hard times.
The Dutch Wikipedia page says: Demmink was often in the news because he was accused of criminal behavior. However, the state prosecutor did never find reason for prosecution.
The French Wikipedia page has: Joris Demmink was also at the center of a pedocriminal affair in the highest political spheres in the Netherlands. The case, however, never succeeded and the investigation continues to this day. In 2014 a criminal investigation is ordered by the court of Den Bosch
It seems that this investigation has been stopped in May 2016 since Turkey did not cooperate.
Until 2007 Demmink's house address was also listed in the communal "child care registry".
In 2012 members of the US Congress got interested in the Demmink affair.
In 2013 there was a resolution in the US House of Representatives: the Secretary of State should seek to amend Article 22 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice to move the seat of the Court from the Netherlands. (...) Whereas Joris Demmink, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2012 and the Director General for International Affairs and Immigration in the Netherlands from 1993 to 2002, has been accused by Mr. Osman of rape in Edirne, Turkey, in or about 1997 when Mr. Osman was 14 years old; (...)
On this occasion the Dutch Government released an official statement.
Here is a long piece in English about the Demmink affair. I have no idea whether this is a reliable source though.