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Mr. William Connelly
Independent Director and Chairman of the Board, Amadeus IT Group
He joined Amadeus’ Board of Directors on 20 June 2019 and he is the Chairman of the Board since June 2021.
Nationality: French
Date of birth: 02/03/1958
Mr. William Connelly is a graduate in Economics from Georgetown University in 1980. He is currently an independent Director of Société Générale Group1.
Mr. Connelly held various management positions at ING Group NV from 1995 until he became the ING Bank Management Board member responsible for Wholesale Banking in 2011 until 2016.
He was an independent Director of Singular Bank S.A.U. until the end of April 2023. He was also Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of Aegon Ltd until 13 November 2025. At ING he was also CEO of ING Real Estate from 2009 to 2015. He started his career in 1980 with the Chase Manhattan Bank where he worked for ten years and Baring Brothers & Co Ltd from 1990 to 1995.
He has broad financial services experience in corporate finance, financial markets, real estate and lending.
1During its session on 10 April 2025, the Board of Directors of Société Générale selected William Connelly for the Chairmanship as of the General Meeting which will be held on 27 May 2026.
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