DGB Financial Recommends Park Kyung-won, Vice President of Shinhan Life, as CEO of iM Life

Regular Personnel Changes and Organizational Restructuring Implemented
Kim Seong-wook, Executive Director of Woori Financial Capital, Recommended as CEO of iM Capital

DGB Financial Group announced on the 26th that it held the Group Executive Personnel Committee and Board of Directors meetings and carried out the regular personnel appointments and organizational restructuring for next year. To accelerate digital innovation, the group recruited external talents for the first time as the Head of Digital Marketing at the holding company and as executives of the Bank ICT Group. Female executives were also selected to secure diversity in management.

Park Kyung-won, Vice President of Shinhan Life, was recommended as the CEO candidate for iM Life, and Kim Sung-wook, Executive Director of Woori Financial Capital, was recommended as the CEO candidate for iM Capital. For non-financial affiliates, department head-level general managers and retired executives were appointed. Yoo Choong-sik, former Chief Information Security Officer, was appointed as CEO of iM Data System; Yoon Jae-woong, Head of iM Bank Daegu 2 Headquarters, and Kim Sung-hyo, Head of iM Bank Daegu 1 Headquarters, were appointed to iM UPay and iM Credit Information, respectively. Sa Gong-kyung-ryeol, CEO of iM Asset Management, and Kwon Joon-hee, CEO of iM Investment Partners, were retained.

DGB Financial explained that the organizational restructuring focused on strengthening financial performance management for the group value-up program. Cheon Byung-kyu, Executive Director of DGB Financial Group (Head of Group Management Strategy), and Sung Tae-moon, Executive Director (Head of Group Value Management), were promoted to Vice Presidents. Lee Sun-mo, Head of iM Bank Metropolitan Headquarters (Head of Group Audit), was appointed as Managing Director and transferred to the holding company, and Lee Chang-young, Secretary General of the DGB Financial Board of Directors, was appointed as Managing Director and concurrently serves as the Head of the ESG Strategy Management Research Institute. Hwang Won-cheol, an external recruit, was newly appointed as Head of Group Digital Marketing and Managing Director of iM Bank Digital BIZ Group.

Hwang Byung-woo, Chairman of DGB Financial Group, stated, “In a financial environment where internal and external uncertainties are escalating, it is a time when successful settlement as a commercial financial group and sustainable growth of the group are necessary. Therefore, we have appointed individuals who will lead generational change by pursuing change and innovation, actively recruited external experts as holding company executives and subsidiary CEOs, and appointed department head-level employees and retired executives as CEOs.” He added, “We will continue to strive to nurture outstanding talents based on clear personnel principles and fair and rational standards.”