Lee Bong-hee, head of the corporate finance division, was appointed executive vice president (senior deputy governor) of Korea Development Bank (KDB).
Korea Development Bank (KDB) said on the 23rd that it carried out the executive appointments. Born in 1968, Senior Deputy Governor Lee joined the bank in 1993 after graduating from Sogang University with a degree in business administration. Over the next 30 years, Lee handled major assignments across strategy, planning, corporate finance, and restructuring.
In 2024, Lee was appointed head of the corporate finance division. Since then, Lee has designed tailored support for advanced strategic industries such as semiconductors. As a policy finance institution securing future growth engines, Korea Development Bank (KDB) strengthened its role. Lee also took the lead on key restructuring tasks, including final approval of the business combination between Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines, enhancing HMM's corporate value, and a preemptive workout for Taeyoung E&C.
Korea Development Bank (KDB) said, "Senior Deputy Governor Lee has diverse work experience in planning, organization management, and sales," and added, "Building on that, Lee will help the bank fulfill its role as a leading policy finance institution that drives productive finance."
With Senior Deputy Governor Lee's promotion creating a vacancy, Kim Chun-ho, head of public relations, was appointed head of the corporate finance division. In addition, Yoon Tae-jung, head of the New York branch, was appointed head of the innovation growth division.