ING appoints Malcolm Brown as Head of Investor Relations

Amsterdam, 9 October 2013

ING announced today the appointment of Malcolm Brown as Head of ING Group Investor Relations. Malcolm Brown will succeed Dorothy Hillenius, who has taken up the position of Head of Corporate Development for ING Bank as of 1 August 2013.

Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING Group said: "I am pleased to have Malcolm Brown as our new Head of Investor Relations. Malcolm’s expertise and in-depth knowledge of our company and the financial sector at large will be of great value in the relations with our investor base as we move into the end phase of the restructuring process of ING Group. I would like to thank Dorothy Hillenius who has played a critical role in maintaining and building on relations with analysts, investors and rating agencies throughout the challenges of the financial crisis. Furthermore, she has also significantly enhanced ING’s financial disclosure and the overall quality of our Investor Relations function.”

Trained as a chartered accountant, Malcolm Brown (British and South African, 52) joined the corporate finance team of Barings Brothers in August 1989. He moved to Hong Kong in 1993 where he held various positions before becoming Head of Investment Banking in Hong Kong, a role he fulfilled at ING Barings until 2004, when he became Head of Corporate Clients Asia. In 2007 he became Country Manager for ING Commercial Banking in Hong Kong and China before returning to Europe to become Global Head of Financial Institutions in 2008, assuming responsibility for ING's relationship management with financial institutions.

Dorothy Hillenius (Canadian, 42) first joined ING in 1997 as a Communications Officer. She left the company in 1999 to pursue a role as a financial journalist with Bloomberg News. She returned to ING in 2003 as a Press Officer at the corporate Media Relations team. In 2007, she joined ING Group Investor Relations, becoming head of the department in 2008.

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