Roland de Crombrugghe has a master degree in Applied Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He has headed the AIG Global Benefits Network, formerly ING Global Network, since 2002.

Prior to the ING Global Network, he worked 9 years for ING. He was member of the board of the savings bank (De Vaderlandsche Spaarbank, now Record Bank) in Belgium and ING Life Luxemburg.

Later he became head of the Corporate and Institutional Sales department of Employee Benefits with ING Insurance Belgium.