ING announced that Erik Van Den Eynden has been appointed as the new CEO of ING in Belgium. Erik starts in his new role 1 March 2017, and is tasked with leading ING in Belgium successfully through its proposed transformation. Erik began his ING career in 1990 as a management trainee at Banque Bruxelles Lambert. In the following 27 years, he has built up extensive experience in retail banking, wholesale banking and insurance. In 2009 he was appointed CEO of ING Insurance Belgium, Luxembourg & Variable Annuities Europe, and in 2012 he became head of MidCorporates and Institutionals at ING in Belgium. Erik succeeds Rik Vandenberghe, who is leaving ING to become CEO of BESIX Group.