Frank Rokers

Chief Risk Officer at ING Bank Romania

Speaker

Frank works with boards and executive teams in universal banks to make high-stakes risk and growth decisions in periods of uncertainty and rapid change. He leads end-to-end risk across retail and wholesale banking, spanning financial risk, non-financial risk, compliance, and technology risk, with a consistent focus on keeping customers and the bank safe, secure and compliant while enabling sustainable performance.

Frank’s approach combines dynamic risk frameworks with determined execution. He builds risk cultures where the first line owns outcomes, strengthens governance and controls, and leverages data, analytics, and AI to improve the quality and speed of decision-making. He is at his best environments in which sustainable growth is prioritized within a clearly expected risk appetite and that require regulatory engagement, control enhancement, cross-domain alignment, and transformation that delivers sustainable change in strategic execution.

Across Europe and Asia, Frank has led risk organizations through complex change, strengthened control environments amid increasing supervisory scrutiny, and built strong succession and capability pipelines. He brings a track record of board-level governance, credibility with regulators, and a transformation mindset that positions risk as a competitive advantage rather than a constraint.