Annual Report 2018

Ben Tellings

Ben Tellings

Name:
Ben Tellings
Nationality:
Dutch
Function:
Vice-Chairman
First elected:
2016
End current period:
2019

Dutch national and resident, born in 1956

Mr Tellings was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors on 27 April 2016. Since 1 April 2017 he is Vice Chairman. He is also a member of the Compensation and Nomination Committee. His current term expires at the Annual General Meeting in 2019. Mr Tellings was educated in the Netherlands.

Professional experience:

  • 2006–2010: Chief Executive Officer ING-DiBa AG and Group Executive Board member (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
  • 2003–2006: Chief Executive Officer ING-DiBa AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
  • 2002–2003: Deputy Chief Executive Officer ING-DiBa AG / Allgemeine Deutsche Direktbank AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
  • 1998–2001: Deputy General Manager, ING Direct (France) and ING Direkt (Spain)
  • 1997–1998: Bank Executive Director, Bank Slaski S.A. (part of ING group in Poland) (Warsaw, Poland)
  • 1994–1997: Head of Commercial Affairs, Regio Bank N.V. (part of ING group in the Netherlands) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • 1990–1993: Trainer in Sales and Management, Nationale Nederlanden N.V. (part of ING group in the Netherlands) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • 1985–1990: Account Manager, RVS Verzekeringen N.V. (part of ING group in the Netherlands) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Other board memberships and activities:

  • Since 2017: Chairman of the Investment Board of Universal Invest (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
  • Since 2010: Member of the “Kuratorium” Deutsche National Stiftung (Hamburg, Germany)

Previous board memberships:

  • 2010–2016: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ING-DiBa AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Chairman of the Credit Committee Supervisory Board of ING-DiBa AG as well as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee Super­visory Board of ING-DiBa AG