Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, ING U.S. Insurance

X. Rick Niu is executive vice president and chief growth officer. His responsibilities include growth market sales, cross-organizational marketing, and insurance branding for ING’s U.S. Insurance businesses including individual life, employee benefits, and group reinsurance.

Niu joined ING in July 2007. Prior to joining ING, Niu spent eight years at American International Group, Inc., (AIG) and held various leadership and management positions in the U.S. and Europe, including strategic initiatives, large-scale acquisitions and post-merger integrations, cross-marketing, multicultural distribution, business turnarounds, new product introductions, marketing alliances, and direct P&L responsibilities. Prior to AIG, Niu served as marketing director and management consultant at China International Trust & Investment Corporation in Asia.

Niu earned a bachelor’s of science degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School. Niu also holds the professional designation of Chartered Life Underwriter. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.