ING Groep Reshapes Top Management as Čortan Takes Helm of Wholesale Banking
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ING Groep ( (ING) ) has provided an update.
On 5 February 2026, ING Groep N.V. announced that current chief risk officer Ljiljana Čortan will be appointed head of ING Wholesale Banking, effective 24 February 2026, succeeding Andrew Bester, who is stepping down from the Management Board Banking after completing a handover and returning to the UK to begin the non-executive phase of his career. The move, approved by the European Central Bank, triggers a temporary reshaping of ING’s risk governance: Čortan will remain on the Executive Board while ING’s chief financial officer assumes Executive Board responsibility for risk, and day-to-day risk management will be overseen on an interim basis by Integrated Risk head Andrea Cesaroni, whose 25 years of risk experience at ING, UniCredit and major consultancies is expected to provide continuity as the bank searches for a new CRO, underscoring the strategic importance of Wholesale Banking to ING’s growth plans and its emphasis on robust risk oversight.
The most recent analyst rating on (ING) stock is a Buy with a $33.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on ING Groep stock, see the ING Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on ING Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, ING is a Outperform.
Overall score driven primarily by mixed financial performance (notably leverage and negative free cash flow) balanced by favorable technical momentum and supportive valuation. The latest earnings call adds incremental strength via upgraded guidance and ongoing capital returns, tempered by higher risk costs and capital/RWA headwinds.
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More about ING Groep
ING Groep N.V. is a global financial institution with a strong European base, operating primarily through ING Bank to provide retail and wholesale banking services in more than 100 countries with over 60,000 employees. The group, whose shares are listed in Amsterdam, Brussels and New York, has increasingly positioned itself as a sustainability-focused lender, earning top-tier ESG ratings from providers such as MSCI and Sustainalytics and inclusion in major sustainability and ESG indices.
Average Trading Volume: 1,980,659
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: $87.11B
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