Herman Wijffels

H.H.F. (Herman) Wijffels (IJzendijke, March 13, 1942) is a Dutch economist and politician for the CDA. From 1981 to 1999 he worked for the Rabobank ultimately as chairman of the board of directors and from March 15, 1999 until April 1, 2006, he was chairman of the Social-Economic Council (Sociaal-Economische Raad, SER). Since November 2006 he has been a Dutch representative at the World Bank, succeeding Ad Melkert. For the 2006-2007 Dutch cabinet formation, Wijffels was recommended by informateur Rein Jan Hoekstra to lead the negotiations between the CDA, PvdA and ChristianUnion. On December 22, 2006, Queen Beatrix appointed him as Hoekstra's successor as informateur.