The Supervisory Board of NIBC Holding N.V. announced the appointment of Paulus de Wilt as Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the Managing Board of NIBC Holding N.V. and NIBC Bank N.V., with effect from 7 April 2014, subject to a positive advice at the Shareholders Meeting on 7 April 2014. Paulus will succeed Jeroen Drost, who will step down the same day as chairman of the Managing Board and CEO. Paulus spent his entire career at ABN AMRO, occupying positions in retail and corporate banking.

Since June 2009, Paulus has been General Director Retail Banking. In this role, he led the integration in 2010 of the retail divisions of ABN AMRO and Fortis.