Wells Fargo Advisors exec headed for ING

Lynne Ford will join ING Financial Solutions, the revamped annuity and rollover business of ING Groep NV, as chief executive, starting in mid-January. Ms. Ford is currently executive vice president and managing director of the retail retirement group at Wells Fargo & Co., where she oversees the sales, marketing and product management for individual retirement accounts and annuities. She also oversees annuities operations and channel management in her current post. “We are going to conduct a search for her replacement,” said Amy Jones, a spokeswoman at Wells Fargo. In her new role, she will report to Rob Leary, chief executive of ING Insurance U.S. Bill Lowe, currently the interim chief executive of ING Financial Solutions, will maintain his post until mid-January and will lead marketing, sales and a distribution function. Prior to becoming interim CEO, he was chief executive of U.S. annuities for ING. ING Financial Solutions is the newly-formed combination of ING Annuities and ING Horizons, the company's retirement business.