ING has promoted X. Rick Niu to chief marketing officer for ING U.S. Retirement Services in Windsor.
Niu, whose promotion was effective Sept. 1, spent the past two years as chief growth officer for ING U.S. Insurance. He reports to Catherine H. Smith, CEO of U.S. Retirement Services.
He will lead a newly-formed group responsible for creating a customer-driven marketing culture across ING’s retirement services organization.
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Niu earned his MBA from Columbia Business School in New York and holds a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is currently a board member of the Junior Achievement organization and represents Insurance Americas on ING’s Global Diversity Council.