Full Deployment of Financial Consumer Protection Experts
Lee Chanjin, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, conducted his first executive appointments since taking office.
The Financial Services Commission announced on December 24 that, at its third extraordinary meeting of 2025, it appointed Kim Sungwook, current Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, Hwang Seonoh, current Deputy Governor, and Park Jiseon, current Deputy Governor, as new Vice Governors of the Financial Supervisory Service, following the recommendation of Governor Lee Chanjin.
Born in 1971, newly appointed Vice Governor Kim Sungwook graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Business Administration and joined the Financial Supervisory Service in January 2000. He has served in the Planning and Coordination Department, the General Bank Examination Department, as Director of the First Bank Examination Department, Director of the Planning and Coordination Department, and as Deputy Governor for Civil Finance. During his tenure as Deputy Governor for Civil Finance, Kim was recognized for his achievements in establishing measures to prevent financial crimes affecting ordinary citizens, including the introduction of a three-step safe-blocking service to prevent voice phishing.
Vice Governor Hwang Seonoh, also born in 1971, graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in Economics and joined the Securities Supervisory Board in 1996. He later served in the Securities Supervision Department, General Affairs Department, Capital Market Investigation Department 2, as Head of the Disclosure Review Office, and as Director of the Capital Market Supervision Department at the Financial Supervisory Service.
Vice Governor Park Jiseon, born in 1970, graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a degree in Trade and joined the Insurance Supervisory Board in 1995. She subsequently held positions in the Life Insurance Services Department, Insurance Product Supervision Department, as Deputy Director of the Insurance Supervision Department, Director of the Public Relations Department, and as Deputy Governor for Consumer Protection at the Financial Supervisory Service. Park was evaluated as having effectively fulfilled her preventive consumer protection tasks during her tenure as Deputy Governor for Consumer Protection.
The Financial Supervisory Service has a total of four Vice Governors. Senior Vice Governor Lee Sehun will remain in his position, while the other three have been newly appointed. The term for the new Vice Governors will be from December 30, 2025, to December 29, 2028, a period of three years.
On the same day, Governor Lee also appointed six new Deputy Governors. Kim Ukbae (former Director General of Financial Consumer Protection) was appointed as Deputy Governor in charge of consumer protection; Kim Chungjin (former Director General of Supervision) as Deputy Governor for planning and strategy; and Kwak Beomjun (former Director General of Small and Medium Finance Supervision) as Deputy Governor for banking.
For small and medium finance, Lee Jin (former Director General of Financial Market Stability) was appointed Deputy Governor; for civil finance, Kim Hyungwon (former Director General of Bank Supervision); and for insurance, Seo Youngil (former Director General of Human Resources and Training) was appointed Deputy Governor.
A representative of the Financial Supervisory Service stated, "The newly appointed executives are experts in supervision, inspection, and consumer protection, who have demonstrated the highest level of competence based on their extensive work experience in various sectors of the financial industry. They will prioritize financial consumer protection, lead innovation in supervisory work with speed, and proactively respond to internal and external uncertainties and changes in the financial environment to contribute to the stability of the financial market."
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