Bahar Savas is currently the Global CIO People and Hubs at ING, a position held since July 2024. Prior experience at ING includes roles as IT Lead for Products and Assisted Channels from July 2020 to July 2024. Bahar's background in banking extends to ING Bank Turkey, where roles spanned from Application Development Core Banking SVP to Core Banking Transformation Vice President between July 2012 and July 2020. Previous experience includes project management and system analysis at Akbank from April 2003 to July 2012, and earlier roles in system analysis and software development at AKNET and Meteksan Sistem and Computer Technologies. Educational credentials include a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Information Science from Bilkent University and an Executive MBA from Özyeğin University.