Awards & Recognition
★Chairman of the European Banking Group association
★Member of the Board at Institute of International Finance (IIF)
★Led ING's digital transformation recognized as industry best practice
★ING voted Germany's Most Popular Bank for 20 consecutive years under his leadership
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of UBS Group AG (2020-2023), one of world's largest wealth managers
→Previously CEO of ING Group (2013-2020) for 7 years, leading major digital transformation
→Currently advisor to AI wealth firm Arta Finance and board member at Palo Alto Networks
→Led UBS through Credit Suisse acquisition before stepping down in April 2023
→Has 29-year banking career starting at ING in 1991
→Known for digital banking innovation and transformation expertise
→Master's degree in Business Econometrics from Tilburg University
→Recently cleared of money laundering prosecution in Netherlands (December 2025)