It is with regret we announce that on 8 February 2015 Jaap van Rijn, a former CEO of Nationale-Nederlanden and ING Group, passed away at the age of 85. Jaap van Rijn was a Member and Chairman of the Nationale-Nederlanden Executive Board from 1974 to 1992.
NN Group CEO Lard Friese: ”As a CEO, Jaap van Rijn strived for harmony and for bringing people together, within Nationale-Nederlanden and within the insurance industry. Under his leadership our company developed to become a leading international player with a prominent position on our home market. We wish his family all the strength to deal with this loss.”
Jaap van Rijn was a pioneer and one of the founding fathers of ING Group, which was created in March 1991 from the merger between Nationale-Nederlanden and NMB Postbank Group. Jaap van Rijn was ING Group's first CEO.
