ING Groep shareholders approved the appointment of Andrea Cesaroni to the Executive Board as Chief Risk Officer at an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Amsterdam on 31 July 2026. The appointment took effect at the end of the meeting, the Dutch lender said.
Following the EGM the Executive Board comprises chief executive Steven van Rijswijk, chief financial officer Ida Lerner and Cesaroni as chief risk officer. The vote completed the appointment of Cesaroni, who was named chief risk officer on 8 June 2026 after serving as acting head of Risk since 24 February 2026.
EXECUTIVE BOARD LINE-UP CONFIRMED
The completion of Cesaroni's appointment fills the CRO seat on the Executive Board, replacing Ljiljana Čortan, who had remained a board member after becoming head of Wholesale Banking on 24 February. His confirmation follows a period in which he had been running the Risk function on an acting basis since February 2026, and he has been part of ING's senior risk leadership since being named head of Integrated Risk in 2022.
Cesaroni, who has more than 25 years of experience in financial services and risk management, joined ING from UniCredit, where he was head of Group Financial Risk and later head of Group Risk Models & Credit Risk Governance.
The European Central Bank had already approved the appointment, ING said in June. He had overseen ING's day-to-day risk management activities as head of Risk ad interim since 24 February 2026.
INTERNAL PROMOTION AFTER ACTING SPELL
When ING announced the appointment in June, chief executive Steven van Rijswijk described Cesaroni as "an excellent internal successor with a strong track record of leadership and execution".
ING's Supervisory Board had proposed Cesaroni's appointment to the Executive Board for shareholder approval at the EGM. ING published the results of the meeting through its website, alongside the composition of the newly configured board.
Cesaroni said he looked forward to "building on what's already in place, further strengthening the risk framework and supporting ING's strategic priorities to become the best European bank".
Alongside chief executive Steven van Rijswijk and chief financial officer Ida Lerner, Cesaroni is one of the three members of ING Groep's Executive Board.
ING says its more than 60,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 100 countries.
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