The bank also appointed Serge Offers as its new chief financial officer (CFO) starting July 1, replacing Sven Foos, who will head the SMEs division of ING Germany.
Bernert started his career in Germany, where he joined the ING team in 2002 and went on to hold various positions in the group’s financial, risk, and treasury departments in Europe and North America.
Offers has 12 years’ experience at ING, starting out as Finance Trainee in the Neterlands in 2006. Starting 2014, he was Head of Regulatory Reporting at ING Group.