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From the Guardian appeared on the front page dated Wednesday 24th of June.
Personally thought it was a strange story to be on the front page aswell as
just being strangely reported at this point it was just a missing persons story.
City banker goes missing with two guns
A wealthy City financier who was at the heart of the disastrous buyout of ABN Amro by the Royal Bank of Scotland has gone missing and is thought to have taken two shotguns with him.
Police have tonight issued an urgent appeal to trace Huibert Boumeester. Detective Inspector Mick Standing of Westminster police said: "We are seriously concerned for the safety of Mr Boumeester. We are extremely keen to locate him as soon as possible to make sure that he is well."
The alarm was raised after Boumeester missed a meeting with headhunters on Monday morning. The company contacted his assistant, who alerted the police.
Officers have been to Boumeester's two homes in London, and a property he owns in Scotland. Standing said: "There is particular concern because he is a registered firearms keeper and we cannot account for two of the firearms he owns. I would emphasise we are concerned for his safety. The issue is not about public safety."
Boumeester played a key role in trying to fend off the Royal Bank of Scotland takeover of the troubled Dutch bank ABN Amro, which had agreed to be bought by Barclays. Respected, popular and ambitious, the 49-year-old stayed on with ABN Amro until March 2008 – five months after RBS took control and as part of an agreement put in place at the time of the deal.
A friend said: "He is a hoot. He is an extraordinary deal maker and made himself a lot of money so he would never need to work again. He was a huge character".
The ABN Amro takeover crippled RBS and the taxpayer ended up pouring £20bn into the Edinburgh-based bank.
Tonight officers appealed for information about Boumeester's car, a blue "56" registration plate Range Rover.
Standing said: "We are now growing increasingly concerned for Huibert's safety, and would urge him, or anyone who has information about his whereabouts to come forward and contact us."
Today this was published
Missing Dutch banker found dead with gunshot wounds
Suspected body of financier who disappeared a week ago with guns is discovered in woodland in Windsor
A Dutch banker who went missing after leaving his job at the troubled banking group ABN Amro is believed to have been found dead in Berkshire with gunshot wounds.
Fears grew for the safety of high-flying financier Huibert Boumeester when he missed a business appointment. He had not been seen for a week.
Police said two of his shotguns had disappeared from his homes in London and Scotland, and his car, a blue 56-registration Range Rover, went missing last week.
The body of the 49-year-old former chief financial officer at ABN Amro was believed to have been found in woodland in Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire, yesterday morning.
A Thames Valley police spokesman said they could not confirm the identity of the dead man, but added: "He is believed to have died from gunshot wounds".
"At the moment it is being treated as an unexplained death. A definite cause of death has not been established."
Boumeester joined ABN Amro in 1987. The takeover of the bank in 2007 plunged the Royal Bank of Scotland into record losses.
He worked his way up to the post of chief financial officer before leaving early last year. It is not known whether he left the company voluntarily or was forced out.
Staff at Artemis Assets Management, where the missing businessman was appointed to the board after a merger with ABN Amro, said he resigned in March this year citing "personal reasons".
Boumeester, who set up the Boumeester Foundation in a bid to conserve cultures in countries such as Vietnam, China and Bhutan, was described by police as "feeling down of late".
Hmm maybe fact can be stranger then fiction
Tin foil hat off...
From the Guardian appeared on the front page dated Wednesday 24th of June.
Personally thought it was a strange story to be on the front page aswell as
just being strangely reported at this point it was just a missing persons story.
City banker goes missing with two guns
A wealthy City financier who was at the heart of the disastrous buyout of ABN Amro by the Royal Bank of Scotland has gone missing and is thought to have taken two shotguns with him.
Police have tonight issued an urgent appeal to trace Huibert Boumeester. Detective Inspector Mick Standing of Westminster police said: "We are seriously concerned for the safety of Mr Boumeester. We are extremely keen to locate him as soon as possible to make sure that he is well."
The alarm was raised after Boumeester missed a meeting with headhunters on Monday morning. The company contacted his assistant, who alerted the police.
Officers have been to Boumeester's two homes in London, and a property he owns in Scotland. Standing said: "There is particular concern because he is a registered firearms keeper and we cannot account for two of the firearms he owns. I would emphasise we are concerned for his safety. The issue is not about public safety."
Boumeester played a key role in trying to fend off the Royal Bank of Scotland takeover of the troubled Dutch bank ABN Amro, which had agreed to be bought by Barclays. Respected, popular and ambitious, the 49-year-old stayed on with ABN Amro until March 2008 – five months after RBS took control and as part of an agreement put in place at the time of the deal.
A friend said: "He is a hoot. He is an extraordinary deal maker and made himself a lot of money so he would never need to work again. He was a huge character".
The ABN Amro takeover crippled RBS and the taxpayer ended up pouring £20bn into the Edinburgh-based bank.
Tonight officers appealed for information about Boumeester's car, a blue "56" registration plate Range Rover.
Standing said: "We are now growing increasingly concerned for Huibert's safety, and would urge him, or anyone who has information about his whereabouts to come forward and contact us."
Missing Dutch banker found dead with gunshot wounds
Suspected body of financier who disappeared a week ago with guns is discovered in woodland in Windsor
A Dutch banker who went missing after leaving his job at the troubled banking group ABN Amro is believed to have been found dead in Berkshire with gunshot wounds.
Fears grew for the safety of high-flying financier Huibert Boumeester when he missed a business appointment. He had not been seen for a week.
Police said two of his shotguns had disappeared from his homes in London and Scotland, and his car, a blue 56-registration Range Rover, went missing last week.
The body of the 49-year-old former chief financial officer at ABN Amro was believed to have been found in woodland in Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire, yesterday morning.
A Thames Valley police spokesman said they could not confirm the identity of the dead man, but added: "He is believed to have died from gunshot wounds".
"At the moment it is being treated as an unexplained death. A definite cause of death has not been established."
Boumeester joined ABN Amro in 1987. The takeover of the bank in 2007 plunged the Royal Bank of Scotland into record losses.
He worked his way up to the post of chief financial officer before leaving early last year. It is not known whether he left the company voluntarily or was forced out.
Staff at Artemis Assets Management, where the missing businessman was appointed to the board after a merger with ABN Amro, said he resigned in March this year citing "personal reasons".
Boumeester, who set up the Boumeester Foundation in a bid to conserve cultures in countries such as Vietnam, China and Bhutan, was described by police as "feeling down of late".
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