This article was published on the ChosunBiz MoneyMove site at 3:06 p.m. Oct. 22, 2025.
Lee Man-hee, who led efforts to strengthen Mirae Asset Group's retail competitiveness, is leaving the company after 25 years. The new CEO will be Jeong Ji-gwang, head of new growth at Mirae Asset Capital.
On the 22nd, according to the investment banking industry, Mirae Asset Capital held a board meeting that day and approved the appointment of Jeong Ji-gwang as the new CEO of Mirae Asset Capital. Lee Man-hee, born in 1964, plans to leave the company as he is approaching retirement.
Lee graduated from Korea University with a degree in political science and diplomacy and entered the industry in 1991 when he joined Commercial Bank. In 1993 he moved to Hana Bank and worked as a private banker for six years. In 2000 he joined Mirae Asset Securities as a branch manager, entering Mirae Asset Group.
At Mirae Asset Securities, he served as head of marketing, head of retail and head of management services, and head of corporate RM and IWC, contributing to strengthening the group's retail sector. He was appointed co-CEO of Mirae Asset Capital at the end of 2018 and became sole CEO in 2021, when he was promoted to president.
Jeong, born in 1974, is regarded as an expert in new growth investments. He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in business administration and began his career in 2001 as an analyst at Korea Ratings. After working at Good Morning Shinhan Securities (now Shinhan Investment Corp.) and what was then Woori Investment & Securities (now NH Investment & Securities), he joined Mirae Asset Securities in 2005 and has worked at Mirae Asset Capital since 2016.
Mirae Asset Capital, founded by Chairman Park Hyun-joo, is the largest shareholder and sits atop the governance structure of major affiliates such as Mirae Asset Securities. It has played a central role in the group, including being designated in the past as the representative affiliate of the business group under the Fair Trade Act.