Lee Eun-mi Officially Appointed as CEO of Toss Bank... "Aiming for Profitability This Year"

Two-Year Term Until 2026

Lee Eun-mi was officially appointed as CEO of Toss Bank on the 28th. CEO Lee expressed her commitment to achieving the first annual profit this year and securing customer trust as a bank with 10 million customers. Her term will last for two years, from this day until March 31, 2026.

Toss Bank held its regular shareholders' meeting and board of directors meeting on the same day and approved the appointment of CEO Lee. The Executive Candidate Recommendation Committee unanimously recommended Lee as the next CEO candidate last month.

Immediately after her appointment, CEO Lee held a town hall meeting with employees to share her future vision. She stated, “We will continue to provide customers with new banking experiences by carrying on Toss Bank’s innovative DNA,” adding, “We will prove this through innovative products and services.”

She emphasized, “We will make 2024 the inaugural year of achieving the first annual profit and, at the same time, strengthen financial stability and risk management capabilities to enhance customer trust as a bank with 10 million customers, thereby ensuring the sustainability of growth.”

Eunmi Lee, CEO of Toss Bank
[Photo by Toss Bank]

CEO Lee previously served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of the Management Planning Group at DGB Daegu Bank. Last year, she led the ‘conversion to a commercial bank’ of DGB Financial Group and Daegu Bank, serving as co-chair of the task force team (TFT). Toss Bank explained that she has extensive experience and insight into the domestic and international financial industries, having successfully led diverse teams of over 20 nationalities while serving as CFO of HSBC Hong Kong Commercial Bank (overseeing 16 Asia-Pacific countries), Deputy Head of HSBC Seoul Branch, and CFO of Deutsche Bank Seoul Branch.

Although her background is in science and engineering, she is also recognized as a representative ‘convergent leader’ with degrees and qualifications in business administration, accounting, financial analysis, and risk management. CEO Lee graduated from Sogang University with a degree in Computer Engineering and earned MBA degrees from Columbia Business School, London Business School, and the University of Hong Kong. She completed a data analysis course at the London School of Economics (LSE) and holds certifications including Certified Public Accountant (AICPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and Financial Risk Manager (FRM).