Export-Import Bank Executes Regular Personnel Changes for Second Half of Year... Lee Won-gyun and Eom Seong-yong Appointed as New Headquarters Chiefs

Next-Generation Team Leaders and Female Workforce, Key Support and Credit Departments Selected and Assigned

The Export-Import Bank of Korea announced on the 9th that it has appointed Lee Won-gyun as Head of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Finance Division and Eom Seong-yong as Head of the Economic Cooperation Business Division.

Lee Won-gyun, the new division head, is a planning and credit expert who has served as Head of the Trade Finance Department, Head of Human Resources, Director of Public Relations, and Team Leader of the Audit Office. Based on his extensive experience in planning management and credit, he is expected to lead the SME Finance Division, which oversees support for SMEs at the bank.

Eom Seong-yong, the new division head, is an expert in the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) and planning, having served as Head of SME Finance 1 Department, Head of Economic Cooperation General Department, Head of Planning Department, and Head of Economic Cooperation Business 1 Department. He will be responsible for the Economic Cooperation Business Division, managing the EDCF operations that support economic development in developing countries.

On the same day, the bank also conducted its regular personnel reshuffle for the second half of the year. Notably, the appointments of next-generation managers in their 40s and the deployment of female talent to field positions stood out. Park Se-geun was appointed as Head of the Ethics and Compliance Department, Im Jae-gyun as Head of ESG Management Department, Jang Woong-sik as Head of the Supply Chain Stabilization Fund Business Department, Park Dae-gyu as Director of the Management Strategy Office, and Kim Kyung-rin as Head of the Economic Cooperation Promotion Department. These next-generation managers and female personnel were assigned to key support and credit departments.

A bank official explained, “This personnel reshuffle focused on promoting based on performance and ability, and placing personnel appropriately based on work expertise to ensure organizational stability. It also emphasized continuing the effects of personnel renewal smoothly into the second half of the year following the first half.”

Having completed structural adjustments focused on organizational stabilization and personnel renewal, the bank plans to provide proactive and preemptive financial support to companies, considering the uncertain external economic environment.