ING today announced the appointment of Daniele Tonella as chief technology officer (CTO) and member of the Management Board Banking, effective 5 August 2024.
He will succeed Marnix van Stiphout who has held the role ad interim since 1 November 2023, in addition to his roles as chief operations officer and chief transformation officer.
Daniele Tonella (Swiss) has over 20 years of experience in technology leadership roles in the financial industry and is currently active in advisory and board roles for several companies. From 2017-2021 he worked at UniCredit, including as group chief information officer and CEO of UniCredit Services. Before that he held various roles at AXA Group, Evalueserve and Swiss Life.
He started his career as a consultant at Mercer and later at McKinsey & Company in Switzerland. Daniele holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich in Switzerland and completed various executive education programmes at Harvard, IMD, INSEAD and MIT Sloan.
Steven van Rijswijk, CEO of ING, commented: “Daniele’s experience and track record in digital leadership will greatly benefit ING in executing our strategy to be the best European bank, by accelerating growth, increasing impact, and delivering value. I would like to thank Marnix for leading the team ad interim and the CTO management team for supporting the organisation and delivering on our Tech priorities.’’
Daniele Tonella added: “ING is a bank with a purpose that pushes the boundaries of what engineering in banking can be and of what technology in banking can do. I am proud to become part of this team that looks beyond the horizon and gets there."
The appointment of Daniele Tonella as chief technology officer and member of the Management Board Banking has been approved by the European Central Bank.