The field of candidates for the next head of the Credit Finance Association has been narrowed to three.
On the 27th, the Credit Finance Association said it held the first meeting of the presidential candidate recommendation committee that day and finalized a shortlist of three. Former Woori Financial Capital CEO Park Kyung-hoon, former National Assembly speaker's chief policy secretary Yoon Chang-hwan, and former KB Kookmin Card CEO Lee Dong-cheol were included. The number of votes by candidate was not disclosed.
Former CEO Park Kyung-hoon graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in international economics and began his career as a clerk at Woori Bank, rising to managing director, becoming a figure in the financial sector. He served as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) overseeing strategy and finance at Woori Financial Group, and as CEO of Woori Financial Capital. He is currently an outside director at Hanwha Savings Bank.
Former senior secretary Yoon Chang-hwan graduated from Chonnam National University with a degree in law and earned a master's in journalism and mass communication from Chung-Ang University and a doctorate in political science from Dongguk University. Yoon served as chief policy secretary to the National Assembly speaker and as head of artificial intelligence (AI) policy special advisers for presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung's election campaign committee.
Former CEO Lee Dong-cheol graduated from Korea University with a degree in law and held positions at KB Financial Group including executive vice president of the management planning division at KB Life Insurance, chief strategy officer (CSO) and executive vice president at KB Financial Group, CEO of KB Kookmin Card, and vice chairman of KB Financial Group.
The three candidates will be interviewed on July 4. After the interviews, the recommendation committee will select a single candidate through a secret ballot. If a candidate wins a majority, that person will be recommended as the sole candidate and, after securing a majority vote at the general meeting, will be appointed the next head of the Credit Finance Association.