ING to nominate Karl Guha as Supervisory Board chairman
ING to nominate Karl Guha
as Supervisory Board chairman
ING announced today that it will propose to appoint Karl Guha to
the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting to be held on
24 April 2023. Upon decision by the AGM, the appointment will be
effective as of the end of the AGM. It is the intention of the
Supervisory Board to elect Karl Guha as its chairman effective 1
July 2023. He will then succeed Hans Wijers, who will retire from
the Supervisory Board as of that date, as was announced on 2
February 2023.
Karl Guha (Dutch, 1964) has more than 30 years of experience in
international banking. He started his career in 1989 at ABN Amro,
where he held various positions until 2008. From 2008 to 2013 he
served as Group Chief Risk Officer at Unicredit. From 2013 to 2021,
he was Chairman of the Managing Board and CEO at Van Lanschot
Kempen. He is currently a non-executive director at SHV Holdings
and a senior advisor at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. Karl Guha holds
a degree in Economics from Boston University.
Hans Wijers, chairman of the Supervisory Board said: “I am very
pleased that in Karl Guha we have found a new chairman with a long
and distinguished career in the financial sector, spanning multiple
phases and covering various aspects. I am confident that together
with him, our Supervisory Board will continue to guide ING in
delivering sustainable value for our customers and society at
large.”
The proposed appointment of Karl Guha to the Supervisory Board
has been approved by the European Central Bank. The full proxy
materials for ING’s 2023 AGM on 24 April 2033 will be published on
10 March 2023.
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