💼 Business Apr 15, 2026 · Emma Burleigh

A $24 billion Dutch lender is cutting its workforce—and to get the remaining staff on board, the CEO is having sandwiches with them

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A $24 billion Dutch lender is cutting its workforce—and to get the remaining staff on board, the CEO is having sandwiches with them
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The $24 billion Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting a fifth of its workforce over the next three years—so how is its CEO Marguerite Bérard rallying the troops? By sacrificing her long meals and talking over the growing pains with staffers over weekly lunches. 



“I now take lunch early and at my desk,” Bérard told the Financial Times in a recent interview. “This is a big cultural change because French meals can be long. This has been one of my adjustments.”



The bank has been taking hits since the

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