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INGA (.002) ING appoints Karien van Gennip as Director European & International Affairs
Thursday, June 26 2008 9:08 AM, EST

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ING announced today that it will appoint Karien van Gennip as Director European & International Affairs, responsible for managing and promoting ING's interests with European and international organisations and governmental bodies. As of 8 September 2008 , Van Gennip will succeed Violeta Ciurel, who has taken up a new role as Regional CEO of ING's greenfield insurance operations in Central Europe .
Karien van Gennip (39) currently is a member of the Dutch parliament for the Christian Democratic party (CDA). Prior to that, she served as the State Secretary of Economic Affairs and Minister for Foreign Trade from May 2003 until February 2007 . She graduated in applied physics at the Delft University of Technology and holds an MBA from INSEAD. She started her career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Amsterdam and San Francisco and worked at the Dutch securities regulator AFM.
Michel Tilmant, Chairman of ING said: "I am very pleased that we are able to attract an excellent candidate like Karien van Gennip to lead our efforts in the interaction between the objectives of ING and external political and policy developments. ING can greatly benefit from her experience in both a business and a political environment."


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