iM Financial Group Conducts Regular Personnel Appointments and Organizational Restructuring

On December 26, iM Financial Group held a Group Executive Personnel Committee meeting and a board meeting, during which it carried out its regular personnel appointments and organizational restructuring for 2026.

To secure the group's future competitiveness as a leading commercial bank and to enhance strategic execution, the company separated the roles of Group Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), appointing an external talent as the new Group CSO. To integrate external communications, the Group Chief Value Management Officer will concurrently serve as the head of the bank's Value Management Group, thereby overseeing the branding and social contribution work of both the holding company and the bank.

The restructuring of iM Financial Group focused on actively responding to policy changes, such as establishing a dedicated organization for financial consumer protection, implementing a productive finance promotion system, and setting up artificial intelligence (AI) governance. The changes also aim to strengthen the core functions of the holding company, including management of subsidiaries, new business development, and synergy enhancement.

Executive appointments at the holding company were based on fair and objective evaluation results, including work performance reviews and HIPO outcomes. Vice President Chun Byungkyu (Group CFO) was reappointed, while Executive Directors Lee Yujeong (Chief Compliance Officer), Shin Yongpil (Group Chief Value Management Officer), and Lee Changyoung (Head of ESG Strategy Management Research Institute and Secretary General of the Board of Directors) were promoted from Managing Director to Executive Director. New appointments include Executive Director Um Joongseok (Group CSO), who was recruited externally, and Managing Director Kim Yong (Head of Management Support Office), who was promoted internally. To address financial consumer protection policies, the bank's CCO will concurrently serve as the Group CCO.

For iM Bank, in order to enhance expertise in branding work, the Value Management Group and Institutional Sales Group were separated. At the department level, a Synergy Business Team was newly established to strengthen synergy sales, a specialized team was formed to respond to productive finance, and a Future Innovation Investment Team was also created.

In the executive appointments at iM Bank, Vice President Kim Kiman (Metropolitan Area Group) and Deputy Vice President Lee Gwangwon (CISO) were reappointed. Vice President Choi Sangsoo (Institutional Sales Group) and Deputy Vice President Shin Sungwoo (Investment Finance Group) were each promoted and reappointed to Vice President and Deputy Vice President, respectively, from their previous roles as Deputy Vice President and Managing Director. Newly appointed managing directors include Lee Bongjoo (Chief Compliance Officer), Lee Jetae (Sales Support Group), Ryu Heejang (Credit Group), Oh Hyunseok (Marketing Group), and Shin Suhwan (Management Strategy Group).

Regarding subsidiaries, the CEOs of key subsidiaries such as iM Securities, iM Life, and iM Capital are still within their terms. For iM Asset Management, whose CEO term expires at the end of this year, Kwon Junghoon, an expert formerly from Hana Asset Management, was newly recruited to secure new growth drivers. The new CEO, Kwon Junghoon, is recognized as a global and pension specialist and is known as a player-type strategist in the industry. For non-financial affiliates, to ensure sustainable performance and policy continuity, the CEOs of iM Upay, iM Data System, iM Credit Information, iM Investment Partners, and Newsystock were retained.

Chairman Hwang Byungwoo stated, "We have formed the management team to prevent the risks associated with frequent changes in executives and management, and to focus on value-up, our top priority, based on consistent policies to achieve results," adding, "We will continue to foster and recruit outstanding talent under clear personnel principles and rational standards."