The Advisory Board advises the Board of ING Netherlands on important decisions. They also act as an advisor for the ING Group’s management and supervisory board if the subject is particularly relevant to Dutch society.
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"},"title":"Louise van Deth (Chairperson)"},{"alignedImage":{"position":"left","altTextNL":"Ruud van Dusschoten","extension":"jpg","original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/8aec4303b9d2b94/original/Ruud-van-Dusschoten-1.jpg","transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/9f05dbff-3bf6-4a34-a045-361fd023b6e1/Ruud-van-Dusschoten-1"},"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"Ruud van Dusschoten joined ING Netherlands in 1997 and held various management positions within Retail, Business Banking, Corporate Banking and Private Banking until the end of March 2024. His most recent role was Country Manager of ING Netherlands and Chairman of the Management Board ING Netherlands. He is now active as an advisor, including for a family business, and as a Senior Advisor at Leyster.
"},"title":"Ruud van Dusschoten"},{"alignedImage":{"position":"left","altTextNL":"Thessa Menssen","extension":"jpg","original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/5181ffd3a5e88624/original/raad-van-advies_thessa-menssen.jpeg","transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/58eece85-b352-495c-b7ed-a5f4216cf6ca/raad-van-advies_thessa-menssen"},"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"Thessa Menssen has more than 25 years of experience as a director and supervisor. From 2012 to 2018, she was the CFO of construction company Royal BAM. And from 2006 to 2012, she was the COO/CFO of the Port of Rotterdam. Currently, she’s a supervisor at Alliander and Evides, amongst other activities. She was also the chairperson of PostNL’s Audit Committee for many years.
"},"title":"Thessa Menssen"},{"alignedImage":{"position":"left","altTextNL":"Arie van Deursen","extension":"jpg","original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/369a1c555bcb4e48/original/Arie-van-Deursen.jpg","transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/6145faa9-ce39-49df-965a-2aa4eec2e308/Arie-van-Deursen"},"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"Prof. Dr. Arie van Deursen has been a professor of computer science at Delft University of Technology since 2004. Since 2022, he’s been a member of the Advisory College’s ICT Review (AcICT), which advises the Dutch government on digitisation and complex ICT projects. Previously, he co-founded the Software Improvement Group and PerfectXL. He became a Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2023.
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