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NH Financial taps former Eximbank chief as new head

By Korea Herald

Published : March 23, 2015 - 19:08

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NongHyup Financial Group has tapped a former state-run bank chief as its new chairman to succeed Yim Jong-yong, who was recently appointed head of the Financial Services Commission.

The chairman selection committee on Monday recommended Kim Yong-hwan, former president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, as the sole candidate to fill the chairman’s post of the banking group.
 
Kim Yong-hwan. (Yonhap) Kim Yong-hwan. (Yonhap)

“Having served key posts in the Finance Ministry, Financial Supervisory Service and Korea Eximbank, Kim has (an) in-depth understanding of financial affairs in general,” the financial group said in a press release.

“He was most distinguished in securities, insurance and international financing.”

Under the leadership of former chairman Yim Jong-yong, the agricultural cooperative-based banking group drastically expanded its securities and insurance sectors by taking over Woori’s brokerage houses.

NH Financial became the nation’s fourth-largest banking group by assets and was No. 1 in investment securities.

By Bae Hyun-jung (tellme@heraldcorp.com)