Clarity is still key Wim Pols Corporate communications specialist

Wim Pols (45) is Chief Editor of the Editorial Department of the Corporate Communications and Strategy Division of ING Group, a diversified financial services group headquartered in the Netherlands with more than 90,000 employees in over 60 countries. Wim and his team do the speechwritingforthe Executive Board and produce several publications such as regular bulletins for shareholders, brochures, financial reports and special project bulletins. Wim Pols started his career as a translator with the shipyard Wilton-Fijenoord in 1973 and switched to corporate communications after a few years. In 1983, he joined the insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden as a writer for the international staff magazine. Later, he became editor of corporate publications of Nationale-Nederlanden. When the company merged with the NMB-Postbank Group to become ING Group, Wim Pols began to work for the holding, where he built up the Editorial Department.