Well-rounded Finance and Audit professional with 20+ years of experience
- Pragmatic, results oriented leader and Certified Public Accountant, The Netherlands (Canadian CA/US CPA equivalent) with all-round international experience in project management, finance and audit, banking (corporate, commercial and retail), insurance, and asset management;
- Proven track record of setting up clear and transparent reporting and management structures, achieving goals, building bridges between different cultures and different parts of the organization, and between head office and business units;
- Progressive roles across both finance and audit in Canada, Asia, India, and The Netherlands;
- Team player with strong analytical and organizational skills and structured approach;
Flexible and ‘can do’ attitude.

Sabbatical/Treasurer, Canada Netherland Business and Professional Association (“CNBPA”, volunteer position), May 2014 - present

ING Group N.V., 1996-April 2014 www.ing.com

ING Bank N.V., August 2013-April 2014
Among others a short-term audit assignment with TMB (Thai Military Bank, Thailand, a strategic participation of ING Bank).

ING Direct, Canada, 2008-August 2013 www.ingdirect.ca
VP, Financial Controller
Reporting to the CFO, responsible for Financial Accounting, Accounting Operations and Reconciliations;
- Managed 20 accounting and operational professionals;
- Re-focused and motivated the financial accounting team;
- Responsible for the reorganization of the valuation process of the investment portfolio,
decreasing the turnaround time by 40% whilst strengthening the controls;
- Restructured and outsourced the tax function resulting in significant cost savings;
- Close collaboration with Risk Management team in Financial and Non-Financial risk
oversight for the Bank’s Treasury management, with focus on Securitizations, ALM and
Hedge-Accounting activities;
- FATCA project sponsor; actively managing the timely implementation of FATCA;
- Restructured the current GL system to facilitate Canadian IFRS reporting;
- Managed the 2007, 2008, 2009 Canadian Revenue Agency (‘CRA’) tax audits;
- Lead role in the strategic review of ING Direct, Canada for financial and tax accounting; And representing financial and tax accounting in the transition team subsequent to the August 29, 2012 sales announcement of ING Direct, Canada to Bank of Nova Scotia.

ING Vysyabank, Bangalore, India, 2005-2008 www.ingvysyabank.com
Head of MIS and ING reporting
Reporting to the CFO, Responsibilities included Head Office financial and management accounting, the local annual rating process with Fitch and Crisil and the local SOX project.
- Improved the communication between the local business unit and head office, resulting in a much more efficient and effective reporting process;
- Developed sector and product profitability for the bank, resulting in clear management reporting and insight in the result development of the bank, including the ALM results;
- Developed a process for the quarterly reconciliations of the finance and risk numbers;
- Represented the Finance Department in the monthly Operational Risk Meetings;
- Took an active role in the bank’s strategy development team.

Project Manager IFRS & SOX 404, ING Europe/ING Bank
ING Executive Committee Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003-2005
Reporting to the CFO EC Europe, responsible for the implementation of IFRS and SOX in all the major business units of ING Group. I was chosen for this role because of my leadership and international experience.
- Held a lead role in the development of the SOX approach of ING Group;
- Developed a project and governance structure for the implementation of SOX and IFRS covering over 60 banking, insurance and investment management units in Europe and approximately 20 banking units in The Americas and Asia.

ING Corporate Audit Services (‘CAS’), Hong Kong, SAR, 2000-2003
Director, Regional Senior Audit Manager CAS/Asia Pacific
Reporting to the Chief Auditor Asia Pacific, responsible for the audit function at Asia Pacific Insurance (approximately 20 business units) and the commercial banking unit of ING Direct, Australia (in total 60 staff);
- Developed and implemented uniform audit approach across the Asia Pacific region;
- Restructured the Regional Internal Audit department after the acquisition of the life insurance activities of Aetna, resulting in a tripling in the size of the business activities in the region;
- Managed the due diligence process for the acquisition of an Indian bank;
- Established a co-operation model with the Regional Actuarial Department on how to perform actuarial audits in the business units;
- Established co-operation models for the audit functions in joint ventures in China, India and Japan.

ING Corporate Audit Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1996-2000
Senior Audit Manager CAS Insurance and Commercial Banking International
Reporting to the Chief Auditor Financial Services International, responsible for the audit of the international insurance companies and commercial banking activities of ING including ING Direct;
- Participated in special investigations and due diligences throughout the international network of ING;
- In addition to the normal financial and operational audit work, responsible for the (audit) due diligence process related to the acquisition of a Russian bank.

Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC), The Netherlands, 1989-1996,
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; International Audit Division.
- Established a center of excellence for the financial service industry within Coopers & Lybrand, The Netherlands;
- Seconded to the Dutch Central Bank in the Banking Supervision department;
- Managed a banking project of the World Bank in Bulgaria;
- Managed an IPO assignment for a local bank (Coopers & Lybrand Netherlands Antilles).

Music, baking, swimming, running, golf and reading (biographies)