Peter Aceto, President & CEO of ING DIRECT Canada, is a passionate leader and committed savings advocate. His career with ING DIRECT began in Canada more than a decade ago as a founding member of its senior leadership team. In the rapidly changing world of financial services, Peter is a disciplined senior executive with broad exposure to many areas of retail and investment banking including sales, marketing, risk management, operations, lending, legal and compliance, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory management.
As the senior leader of ING DIRECT Canada, Peter provides his relentless focus on delivering an outstanding customer experience and the cornerstones of success for
ING DIRECT: maintaining a simple and efficient business model, working with management to develop and evolve a winning and adaptable strategy, managing risk, return and growth; and building an ever strengthening team to execute the company’s vision.
Peter was most recently a member of the ING DIRECT USA executive committee and responsible for sales, marketing and corporate communications. Prior to that, he held the posts of Chief Risk Officer, Chief of Staff and Chief Lending Officer while remaining focused on strategic planning and initiatives with bank wide impact. He was actively involved in the analysis and decision-making needed for the bank to achieve and surpass its goals, attain and maintain profitability, and meet shareholder expectations. While in the U.S., Peter championed the company’s philanthropic activities which focused on providing opportunities to underprivileged children across the country and around the world. Peter spends much of his time working with employees throughout the bank, continuing to build leadership for the future.
With his background in law, Peter became the Director of Legal Services and
Corporate Secretary of ING DIRECT Canada in 1996. After three years of service, he
was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel. During his early years at
ING DIRECT Canada, Peter was responsible for directing and managing the legal, compliance and regulatory matters of the bank. His legal career has always been focused on financial services including retail elements and lending and investment transactions.
Peter achieved his Bachelor of Law in May of 1994 from the University of Western
Ontario, where he also earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology in 1991. Peter
is proud to be the husband of his wife Sylvia and father to Rachel, Matthew and Ryan.
Peter is and has been involved in the community. He was a Board Member and champion for Habitat for Humanity, the ING DIRECT Kids Foundation, the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce among others and is currently on the Business Development Committee of Mt. Sinai Hospital.
You can follow Peter on Twitter, @CEO_INGDIRECT.
To learn more about Peter R. Aceto, visit www.ingdirect.ca.
