DutchNews, September 22, 2016
Leaked files from the Bahamas corporate register show Kroes was
recruited by a UAE venture named Mint Holdings set up to buy Enron assets, the
Guardian, Financieele Dagblad and Trouw reported.
The information comes from a
leak of 1.3 million files from the Bahamas corporate registry which has
revealed the names of tens of thousands of people with interests in the tax
haven.
Kroes, who is now a paid advisor to Bank of America and Uber, was not
allowed by the commissioners’ code of conduct to have any other roles. She did
declare previous jobs at more than 60 companies, foundations and educational
bodies, the Guardian said.
Kroes’ told the papers through her lawyer that
formally she should have declared this directorship. He added that ‘she made
her filings in good faith because she believed Mint Holdings had been
liquidated in 2002, before her appointment as Europe’s antitrust watchdog.’
Business interests
The Financieele Dagblad reports that in 2004, Kroes was
questioned by the European parliament for failing to file about her advisory
role at American defence company Lockheed Martin. She said at the time it had
been a one-off job.
The Guardian also points out that before becoming
anti-trust commissioner, Kroes had to pledge ‘not to engage into any business
activity following the end of my term’.
Asked why Kroes had gone back on this
pledge to work for Uber and others, the lawyer said Kroes had kept the pledge
after completing her first term with the European Commission.
‘Instead, she was
honoured with a second term in a completely different field. Having now
finished her second term, she no longer feels bound by the commitment made
prior to taking her first post,’ the Guardian quoted her lawyer as saying.
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