Arthur has over forty years of experience in commercial, investment and development banking. He started his career in 1968 at ABN AMRO, and held several senior management positions in Africa, Iran, Italy, France, the UK and the US over two decades with them.
In 1992 Arthur joined the Rabobank Group, progressing from Director of Financial Markets to Chairman of the Board of Rabobank International, and Director of Strategic Alliances and Communications. In 2000, Arthur was appointed President and CEO of the World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. working out of Washington/Madison. In early 2005, Arthur was appointed Chief Executive Officer of FMO, retiring from the position at the end of 2008.
Arthur serves as an Independent, Non-executive Director on several boards, committees and advisory bodies, among which are The Currency Exchange N.V. (Chairman), ORABANK Group in West Africa (Board Member, Chairman Ethics & Good Governance Committee), Goodwell Microfinance Development Management II (Chairman), Coronation Capital Ltd (Member Investment Committee), FISEA (Member of the Board), XSML (member of the Advisory Board) and Vantage Capital (Member of the Investment Committee Pan African Sub Fund).