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Multi-millionaire banker who disappeared with shotgun found dead
The body of a multi-millionaire banker has been found days after he disappeared with a shotgun, according to a report.
By Alastair Jamieson
Published: 6:45AM BST 29 Jun 2009
Huibert Boumeester was formerly on the board of the Dutch banking group ABN Amro and a number of other City firms Photo: BLOOMBERG
Huibert Boumeester, 49, a father of two who had been depressed after recently losing his job, went missing a week ago with one of his registered weapons. His body was found with gunshots wounds on Saturday in woodland in Winkfield, Berkshire, according to the Daily Mail.
<!-- BEFORE ACI --> The Dutchman, a former board member of ABN Amro, recently taken over by RBS, last seen alive on June 22 and was reported missing after failing to attend a business meeting. A police spokesman said: "Police are currently at the scene of an unexplained death. They discovered the body of a man who is believed to have died from gun shot wounds.
It is too early at this stage to speculate or confirm the man's identity." However, the Daily Mail said police sources had confirmed that the body was that of Mr Boumeester. Officers last week searched for him in vain at his two homes in London and his estate in Scotland. Appealing last week for information about his disappearance, police said he had been "feeling down of late".
He had been on the board of the Dutch bank ABN Amro and a number of other City firms but the firm was taken over by RBS in a £50bn deal. Records show Mr Boumeester was paid a £440,000 salary at ABN. Mr Boumeester's brother-in-law, Willem Vandervarm, 45, said last week that the banker had not acted any differently after losing his job. "I saw him this weekend and he was completely normal," he said. "We did not suspect anything was wrong."
