Finance for Charity

An auction will be held during the CFO VIP dinner on June 11, 2008 in aid of various good causes. CFO's and Partners have donated a range of services and products and we hope to raise more than € 50,000.

Christie's



Vera Carasso
Vera Carasso
Business Manager, Associate Director
Christie’s Amsterdam

Vera studied Art History at the University of Leiden and joined the auction world in 2000 as Christie’s specialist in the Amsterdam European Ceramics & Glass Department. She played a vital role in many prestigious sales, from 2003 also acting as one of the main auctioneers. In 2006 Vera joined the Valuations & Collections Department, where she applies her specialised knowledge of the market to co-ordinate the sales of important collections. As of this year Vera is the Business Manager and Associate Director for Christie’s Amsterdam.


Skybox in Feyenoord Stadium

Jack de Kreij, CFO of Vopak, offers an exquisite programme in Feyenoord Stadium the Kuip in Rotterdam. The winning bidder and his guests (max. 10) will be welcomed in the Vopak Skybox where they will witness a spectacular soccer match. Depending on the time, lunch or dinner will be served. The proceeds will go to Wereld Natuur Fonds.

Aangeboden door Vopak

Opbrengst gaat naar Wereld Natuur Fonds

Skybox in De Kuip

Aon offers a skybox in soccer stadium the Kuip in Rotterdam. The highest bidder can use the skybox for a meeting combined with a round tour through the Kuip. This offer can not be used during game or concert nights. The proceeds will be donated to Emma at Work, an employment office from the Emma AMC children’s hospital.

Aangeboden door Aon Nederland

Opbrengst gaat naar Emma Kinderziekenhuis AMC.

Vichy Cosmetics Package

CFO Frans Eelkman Rooda from OPG Group offers the highest bidder a luxurious Vichy Cosmetics Package. The proceeds will be donated to Stichting Wetenschapsfonds Dystonie. This foundation supports research in the cause and treatment of distonia.

Aangeboden door OPG Group

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting Wetenschapsfonds Dystonie

Visit to Nutreco Aquaculture Research Centre in Stavanger, Norway

Nutreco-CFO Cees van Rijn, offers a flight for two persons to the Norwegian Stavanger. Over there, the two visitors will be taken to the Nutreco Aquaculture Research Center as well as a salmon hatchery, both located at the beautiful fjords in the surroundings of Stavanger. The proceeds will go to War Child.

Aangeboden door Nutreco Holding

Opbrengst gaat naar War Child

Management Game, Apollo 13

Apollo 13 is a management game offered by ConQuaestor to the highest bidder. The participants of this game will find themselves in a lifelike situation of the Apollo 13 mission, where the lives of the team are at stake. This simulation will improve cooperation within the management team. The proceeds will go to a special school for students with limited capacities called the Baander.

Aangeboden door ConQuaestor

Opbrengst gaat naar The Baander

Culinary Night

After proven success in previous years, the Sligro Food Group once again offers a culinary night. A CFO and his team (maximum ten people) will enjoy the skills of both a culinary and a wine expert who will also show them how can deliver a culinary top-performance at home. Proceeds are donated to the Liliane Fonds.

Aangeboden door Sligro Food Group

Opbrengst gaat naar Liliane Fonds

Olympic Experience with Roy Heiner

The participants of this offer will experience what professional sailing entails. Offered by Delta Lloyd Group, Olympic team Heiner will take a group of maximum sixteen people for one whole day of enjoyable sailing, including dinner. The trip takes place in a Max Fun 35 boat, which is known as the Formula 1 among boats. The experience will take place somewhere between September 29 and October 26 and is worth 9.750 euros. The proceeds go to the KiKa foundation (children cancer free).

Aangeboden door Delta Lloyd Groep

Opbrengst gaat naar The KiKa foundation

Lunch with CFO Boudewijn Gerner

Imtech offers the highest bidder a lunch with their CFO Boudewijn Gerner. The proceeds will be offered to Share People. This organisation develops sustainable enterprising together with the Dutch business community in developing countries.

Aangeboden door Imtech

Opbrengst gaat naar Share People

Artworks Siza Dorp Groep

For the auction, Cognos offers a few art pieces made by the inhabitants of the Siza Dorp Group (Siza Village). This institution offers (health)care and services to children and young adults with physical or mental disabilities and make art during their treatment. The proceeds go to KWF Kankerbestrijding.

Aangeboden door Cognos, an IBM Company

Opbrengst gaat naar KWF Kankerbestrijding

Two M-Line mattresses

Two one-person M-Line mattresses of free choice are offered to the highest bidder by Ric van der Woude, CFO of Beter Bed. Their chosen charity institution is Stichting Woonvorm Gehandicapten Oberon who provide houses and support for mentally or physically disabled people.

Aangeboden door Beter Bed

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting Woonvorm Gehandicapten Oberon

Conducted tour and lunch with Jan Ruis

Royal BAM Group and their chief financial officer Jan Ruis offer the highest bidder a visit to an interesting project in the Netherlands. Afterwards, they will organise a lunch together with Jan Ruis. The proceeds of the highest bid will be donated to Artsen zonder Grenzen.

Aangeboden door BAM Group

Opbrengst gaat naar Artsen zonder Grenzen

Painting workshop for around six persons

The highest bidder will be able to follow a painting workshop for around six persons offered by Grant Thornton. Under professional supervision, the participants will work on an art piece that they can take home after the workshop is finished. The proceeds will go to Emma Kinderziekenhuis (children’s hospital) in Amsterdam.

Aangeboden door Grant Thornton

Opbrengst gaat naar Emma Kinderziekenhuis (children’s hospital)

Grandstand Tickets Formule-1

Robert-Jan van de Kraats, CFO of Randstad (official partner of Formula 1 AT&T Williams Team) donates two Premium Grandstand Tickets for a Formula 1 race. These tickets, with a total value of 700 euros gives access to the luxury seats opposite the pit lane (start/finish). Proceeds will be given to VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas).

Aangeboden door Randstad

Opbrengst gaat naar Voluntary Services Overseas

Hybrid lease car

The highest bidder for this auction piece will drive home in a hybrid lease car offered by LeasePlan. This offer includes a Mobility Card from Mobility Mix. The generated revenue will be given to Stichting KiKa, a foundation that ensures required funds for the seven children cancer centres in the Netherlands.

Aangeboden door LeasePLan

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting KiKa

Ticket to Formula 1 race

Pierre-Jean Sivignon, CFO of Philips offers the highest bidder a ticket to a European Formula 1 race. The proceeds will go to Cancer Center Amsterdam of professor Bob Pinedo.

Aangeboden door Philips

Opbrengst gaat naar Cancer Center Amsterdam

Lunch with Rob Frohn

Chief financial officer Rob Frohn offers the highest bidder a lunch on behalf of Akzo Nobel. Four persons will have lunch with the CFO on the 16th floor of the Atrium in the financial centre of Amsterdam. This offer includes a visit to the collection of the Akzo Nobel Art Foundation under supervision of curator Hester Alberdingk Thijm. The proceeds will go to KiKa foundation (children cancer free).

Aangeboden door Akzo Nobel

Opbrengst gaat naar KiKa foundation

In-house Wine Tasting (20 persons)

Robert Walters offers in-house wine tasting for about twenty participants. This event will be organised at the office of the winning bidder in collaboration with their partner Grape district. Every participant will be also given two bottles of excellent wine to take home. The proceeds will go to the KiKa foundation (children cancer free).

Aangeboden door Robert Walters

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting KiKa

Conducted tour semiconductor factory

The highest bidder of this auction contribution by NXP Semiconductors receives a conducted tour for a maximum of five persons through the semiconductor factory in Nijmegen. This is one of oldest factories of this type in Europe. The conducted tour through the highly secured production space is followed by a lunch. The children’s hospital Radboud in Nijmegen will receive the proceeds.

Aangeboden door NXP Semiconductors

Opbrengst gaat naar hospital Radboud in Nijmegen

3 year subscriptions on more than 600 media

Clients of Swets can take a subscription on PressDisplay, a web-based portal that gives access to more than six hundred newspapers and magazines from more than seventy countries in 38 different languages. It offers the most complete, efficient and accessible way to read favourite media on one central place. PressDisplay is always up-to-date and features a simple user interface and easily manageable navigation tools. It is the standard for libraries and educational institutes worldwide. Proceeds go to Stichting Max.

Aangeboden door Swets

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting Max

4 VIP-tickets Ajax

The highest bidder will receive four Ajax tickets for a home game of this renowned Amsterdam soccer club. The game will either be the preliminary round of the Champions League (dependent of the Playoffs results) or the first round of the UEFA Cup. The proceeds are given to the IMC Weekendschool in Amsterdam.

Aangeboden door Stibbe

Opbrengst gaat naar IMC Weekendschool

One minute free shopping

The contribution of Jumbo Supermarkets for the Finance for Charity auction is one minute of free shopping in one of the 117 Jumbo supermarkets in the Netherlands. The highest bid will be beneficial to Stichting Microkrediet, Bomen tot in de hemel.

Aangeboden door Jumbo Supermarkets

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting Microkrediet, Bomen tot in de hemel.

Technique and ICT Playing Day

The highest bidder of IBM’s auction offer will be able to send a class or group of twenty five children from ten to sixteen years of age to the IBM head office in Amsterdam. During a morning or afternoon, the children will be busy with technique and ICT under professional guidance from IBM. The activities will include the building of robots and websites. The proceeds will be given to Plan Nederland for a HIV project in Africa.

Aangeboden door IBM

Opbrengst gaat naar Plan Nederland

Vredestein Winter Tyres

The highest bidder will receive four winter tyres offered by Vredestein (maximum value 500 euro). The tyre set is from the type Snowtrac 2 and was recently pronounced winner in a German car tyre test in which various types of winter tyres where tested. If the highest bidder prefers tyres of a different type, Vredestein offers four alternatives from the type H-trac or T-trac. The proceeds will be donated to the Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds.

Aangeboden door Vredestein

Opbrengst gaat naar Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds

Conducted tour St. Jan Cathedral

On behalf of TBI Holdings, Finance Director Wim Poldervaart offers an exclusive conducted tour through the famous St. Jan Cathedral in Den Bosch. TBI is involved in the restoration of this cathedral through their daughter enterprise Nico de Bont. Therefore it is possible to visit places in this monument that are normally off limits. A team, consisting of five to ten financials will be escorted through the cathedral by Wim Poldervaart and Nico de Bont personally. The tour is followed by a lunch or dinner in a Den Bosch restaurant. The proceeds go to Stichting Roparun.

Aangeboden door TBI Holdings

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting Roparun

Sailing trip Offshore Wind Park Q7

On behalf of Econcern, Finance Director Bernhard van Holst offers the highest bidder a sailing trip for a maximum of fifteen people. The group will sail to Offshore Wind Park Q7, located in the North Sea. During the trip, an elaborate explanation will be given about wind at sea and the Park Q7. This event will only take place during beautiful weather. The date will be decided in deliberation with the participants. The proceeds go to Stichting Pico Sol.

Aangeboden door Econcern

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting Pico Sol

One month usage of a Infinity FX

Starting October 1, Autobinck will be the representative of premium brand infinity. The introduction of this car on the European market is a unique happening in recent automobile history. The brand Infinity by the Japanese producer of the same name is active on the American market since 1989, and defines itself by superior quality and unmatched expertise. The highest bidder will be one of the first Europeans that will drive this top-choice crossover. The proceeds are donated to KiKa foundation (children cancer free).

Aangeboden door Autobinck

Opbrengst gaat naar Stichting KiKa