ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Global Head Centre for Expertise for Behaviour, Ethics & Learning
Wies Wagenaar is a social psychologist. She started her career as a crisis-management consultant. Having completed her training in forensic medical research, she worked as a consultant at KPMG Forensic & Integrity. She researched the root causes of fraud in business, and gave advice on integrity management and ethical business practices. In 2014, she was asked to create a new department at ABN AMRO that would focus on behavior, learning and ethics. Her team of behavioral scientists, philosophers and educational specialists identifies behavioral risks, leads projects that are designed to change behavior, and facilitates ethical decision-making. Her personal purpose is to transition corporates and banks towards being a ‘force for good’.