George Thompson

Head of Growth at ING Romania

Greater Sydney Area

About

As Head of Mortgages (Tribe Lead) at ING Australia, I have end-to-end accountability for delivering customer-centric and market-leading solutions that support our brand promise and business goals. I have led and managed various aspects of the retail banking business, including mortgages, daily banking (payment and savings products), consumer lending (credit card and personal loan products) and insurance and superannuation portfolios. My core competencies include banking and finance expertise, risk management, stakeholder engagement, team leadership, and innovation. I am passionate about creating value for our customers and our organization, and I thrive in environments where I can collaborate with diverse and talented teams, leverage data and insights, and drive continuous improvement. My mission is to strengthen ING's proposition in the Australian market and to empower our customers to make smart financial decisions.

Experience

  • Tribe Lead, Growth at ING Romania
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Leading ING Romania's Growth Tribe - a new commercial model that brings customer intelligence, digital acquisition, and customer development into one integrated team. Accountable for the full customer journey. From the moment someone first encounters ING through to becoming a loyal, active primary customer. New to bank acquisition, mobile primary bank conversion, cross-sell, retention and churn. Building the referral engine, the digital marketing architecture, and the operating rhythm that lets a team with genuine ambition move at pace.

  • ING Australia (9 yrs 8 mos)
    • Tribe Lead, Mortgages
      Feb 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Head of Mortgages (Tribe Lead) at ING, with responsibility spanning both our sales (broker and direct) and product teams (encompassing origination, in-life, pricing, projects and risk). This position reports to the Head of Retail Banking, ING.

    • Tribe Lead, Consumer Lending and Wealth
      Feb 2022 - Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      End to end accountability for the Consumer Lending business whilst leading the prioritisation and delivery of Consumer Lending initiatives that support customers and strengthen ING’s proposition in the market and deliver on our brand promise. This role forms part of the broader Retail Bank Leadership Team. Additionally took on responsibility for ING's Wealth Tribe from Feb '23 that encompasses ING's Insurance and Superannuation portfolios.

    • Tribe Lead, Daily Banking
      Sep 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      End to end accountability for the Daily Banking business whilst leading the prioritisation and delivery of Daily Banking initiatives that support customers and strengthen ING’s proposition in the market and deliver on our brand promise. This role forms part of the broader Retail Bank Leadership Team.

  • Westpac Group (2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Product Manager, Investing Needs
      Jan 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Accountable for product and financial performance of Consumer Term Deposits for the Westpac Group. The primary objective of the role is to develop and execute customer centric strategies to significantly uplift customer satisfaction and deposit performance across all brands. This includes being accountable for; financial outcomes, market & competitor analysis, the end to end customer proposition and delivery of product services to our sales teams.

    • Product Manager, Investing Needs
      Mar 2014 - Dec 2014 · 10 mos

      End to end lifecycle management responsibility for the Consumer Term Deposit product across all brands within the Westpac Group.

  • Manager - Strategy at Lloyds International
    Aug 2013 - Dec 2013 · 5 mos

    Reporting to the Head of Strategy, I worked within the deal, separation & wind down streams for Lloyds International related to the $1.45 billion sale of Lloyds Banking Group’s Australian assets to Westpac. Across the whole programme, I was involved in and managed a large variety of activities including notably the question & answer process for four separate bidders concurrently. Liaising throughout with the deal advisors (Goldman Sachs), lawyers (Minter Ellison) and bidders directly, this involved screening requests, producing answers in conjunction with the business whilst ensuring that responses were relevant, within strict SLA timeframes & appropriate in relation to the question posed.

  • Management Trainee - Finance Graduate Leadership Scheme at Lloyds Banking Group
    Sep 2011 - Aug 2013 · 2 yrs

    Completed the Lloyds Banking Group Finance Graduate Leadership Scheme in August 2013 after undertaking four placements in different areas of the Group whilst also studying towards the CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification. The scheme is designed to develop core competencies expected of a finance professional whilst also nurturing those qualitative competencies designed to fast-track future financial leaders. Placements completed included; 1. Finance Business Partner, Lloyds TSB Personal Current Accounts - Retail Banking 2. Executive Support to Antonio Lorenzo, Group Director, Wealth, Asset Finance & Group Corporate Development 3. Assistant Manager, Financial Control, Governance & Risk (Sabanes Oxley) - General Insurance 4. Assistant Manager, Finance Systems & Change - General Insurance