Willemstad"--- Reginaldo Doran will be appointed the new director of USONA, which is to take effect by October 1st . Reginaldo Doran will succeed Frans Versteeg as the director of the "Uitvoeringsorgaan Stichting Ontwikkeling Nederlandse Antillen" USONA (Implementing Body Dutch of Development funds Netherlands Antilles).
Mr Luc Steenhorst, member of the Board of Berenschot, has recommended Doran to the Board of USONA. The Board agreed with this in her latest board meeting.
Reginaldo Doran has been working for almost three years at USONA as deputy director. Previous to that he has performed management positions at among other things the " Stichting Studiefinanciering" and "AKZO Nobel". The assignment of the responsibilities is well under way and during the months to come Doran will come forward more and more as prospective director of USONA.
At the beginning of this year Frans Versteeg already reached his retirement, but had promised to complete the first five years as director, at the start of USONA on October 1st of 2004. He is very confident in his successor: 'The last few years we have worked together closely and specifically worked up to this assignment.' Now that last year the contract with the Ministry for the Interior and Kingdom Relations has been extended till 2012 and that in the meantime USONA also controls the EU-funds for the Antilles, Versteeg can by his own account, take leave as director 'with confidence'. Due to his considerably 20-years of experience with development projects he will continue to be related to USONA as advisor of the management for special tasks.