Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin on the 24th carried out an executive reshuffle to newly appoint six assistant governors. Their terms run for three years from the 30th of this month to Dec. 29, 2028.
The new assistant governors were appointed as follows: for consumer protection oversight, Kim Uk-bae, director general of the Financial Consumer Protection Oversight Bureau; for planning and strategy, Kim Chung-jin, director general of the Supervisory Coordination Bureau; for banks, Gwak Beom-jun, director general of the SME Finance Supervision Bureau; for SME finance, Lee Jin, director general of the Financial Market Stabilization Bureau; for livelihood finance, Kim Hyeong-won, director general of the Bank Supervision Bureau; and for insurance, Seo Young-il, director general of the Human Resources and Training Bureau.
Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said, "The newly appointed executives are supervision, examination, and consumer protection experts who have demonstrated top-tier capabilities based on long career experience across each field of the financial industry," adding, "We will put financial consumer protection as the top priority and lead innovation in supervisory work with speed."
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said that, on this day and in accordance with Governor Lee's recommendation, it appointed assistant governors Kim Sung-uk, Hwang Seon-oh, and Park Ji-seon as deputy governors. The new deputy governors are: for banks and SME/mid- to low-income finance, Deputy Governor Kim Sung-uk; for capital markets and accounting, Deputy Governor Hwang Seon-oh; and for the Financial Consumer Protection Office, Deputy Governor Park Ji-seon.