Johannes Bernardus van der Linden, a former director and member of the Executive Committee of the Bangkok Post Plc, passed away at his home in Bangkok on Ram Intra Road Sunday. He was 95.
After World War II, van der Linden, aka John, spent three years in the Royal Netherlands Army in Indonesia until 1948, when he joined the Royal Thai Dutch Shell Group, serving in a number of countries in finance and general management from 1948 to 1979, with the last five years as finance director for the group in Thailand and Laos.
He was managing director of Multi Credit Corporation (MCC) of Thailand from 1979 until 1989. From 1987 to 1998, he served on the General Committee of the Royal Bangkok Sports Club.
He rejoined the Board of The Post Publishing Plc, currently known as the Bangkok Post Plc in 1990 after retiring from the MCC.
His funeral rites will be held at 6.30pm until Saturday at Wat Nuan Chan in Bangkok. The cremation will take place at 3pm on Sunday.