Dutch banking giant ING has appointed former UniCredit exec Daniele Tonella as its new CTO and the latest member of its management board for banking, effective 5 August 2024.
- Daniele Tonella will assume the roles of chief operations officer and chief transformation officer at ING, succeeding Marnix van Stiphout, who temporarily filled the position after Görkem Köseoğlu's departure to start his fintech venture, Prometa.AI.
- Tonella brings over 20 years of tech leadership experience and has held significant positions at UniCredit, including chief information officer, digital and information officer, and CEO of UniCredit Services. His career also includes roles at Evalueserve, Swiss Life, and AXA Group.
- ING's CEO, Steven van Rijswijk, emphasizes that Tonella's digital leadership expertise will be instrumental in achieving ING's strategic goals of accelerating growth, enhancing impact, and delivering value to become the best European bank.