Chris Vogelzang

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Chris Vogelzang
Chris Vogelzang Danske Bank.jpg
Born (1962-11-28) 28 November 1962 (age 62)
NationalityDutch
Education University of Groningen
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleCEO, Danske Bank
Term2019-2021
Board member of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and Wolters Kluwer NV

Chris Vogelzang (born 28 November 1962) is a Dutch business executive who was the CEO [1] of Danske Bank before his resignation was announced on 19 April 2021. [2]

He is a non-executive director [3] of Wolters Kluwer NV since 18 April 2019, and is treasurer of the board [4] of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam since 1 July 2015.

Vogelzang holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He studied History and Philosophy at Clark University, USA.

From 1988 to 2000, Vogelzang held various managerial positions in sales, marketing and oil trading with Shell in Rotterdam, London and Uganda. In 2000, he joined ABN AMRO where he was appointed CEO of retail banking in 2002, and CEO of global private banking in 2007. He was a member of the managing board from 2009 to 2017. [5]

From 2017 to 2019, Vogelzang was senior adviser to the Boston Consulting Group and The Blackstone Group, and in June 2019, was appointed CEO of Danske Bank.

He was a board member of Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam from 2011 to 2015 and treasurer of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds from 2014 to 2019.

He was named as a suspect in a probe in a violation of money laundering at Dutch lender ABN Amro. Vogelzang said that he did not want to get in the way of Danske Bank development. The chairman of the Danske Bank, Karsten Dybvad said "We are very sorry to see Chris Vogelzang leave Danske Bank. He has been instrumental in the initiation of the ongoing transformartion of Danske Bank and the progress and results it has already created." [6] In 2024 the Dutch prosecutor decided not to pursue this case stating that '(...) the former executive board members each fullfilled their role or took actions that should have been suitable to address or mitigate the shortcomings'. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Danske's New CEO Vogelzang Zeroes In on Customer Flight Risk". BloombergQuint. 10 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Chopping, Dominic. "Danske Bank CEO resigns amid ABN AMRO probe". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ↑ "Wolters Kluwer Shareholders Adopt All Resolutions". www.nasdaq.com.
  4. ↑ "Supervisory Board and Board of Directors - Organisation Chart - Organisation". Rijksmuseum.
  5. ↑ Bökkerink, Ivo; Couwenberg, Pieter (April 2020). De Staatsbank. Amsterdam: Prometheus. ISBN   9789044642223.
  6. ↑ "Carsten Egeriis replaces Chris Vogelzang as CEO of Danske Bank A/S. Gerrit Zalm resigns from the Board of Directors". danskebank.com. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  7. ↑ Veiligheid, Ministerie van Justitie en (2024-12-18). "OM gaat voormalig bestuurders ABN AMRO niet vervolgen - Nieuwsbericht - Openbaar Ministerie". www.om.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-12-20.
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