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Profile:
Eli Leenaars was appointed member of the Executive Board of ING Group in April 2004. He is responsible for Retail Banking (the Netherlands, Belgium, South-West Europe, Poland and India). He is also in charge of Operations/IT and private banking. Mr. Leenaars began his career with ING Bank in 1991 and later held various management positions, including chairman of ING Poland and of ING Latin America.
Education:
Eli Leenaars graduated with a Master’s degree in Dutch law from the Catholic University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and a LL.M from the European University Institute in Florence. He also completed a programme for management development at Harvard Business School in Boston.
Professional career:
1987-1991
International Management Trainee at ABN Amro Bank
1991-1996
Joined ING Bank and worked as Relationship Manager Global Clients and Senior Manager International Corporate Banking
1997-1999
Chairman ING Poland Platform and Country Manager ING Barings Poland
1999
Executive Vice President Strategic Initiatives at ING Americas
2000-2002
Chief Executive Officer ING Latin America
2002-2003
Member of Management Committee ING South-West Europe and Head of Retail Financial Services
2003
Member of the Executive Committee ING Europe and Chairman region Central Europe
2004
Appointed member of Executive Board ING Group, responsible for Retail Banking worldwide, ING private banking and Operations/IT
External positions:
Vice-chairman Netherlands Banker’s Association
Member of the Supervisory Board of Postkantoren BV
Member VNO-NCW (Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers) | 