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The next president of Woori Bank confirmed on the 26th … ‘Lee Seok-tae·Cho Byeong-gyu’ 2nd game (completed)


Reporter Oh Sang-heon of Money Today | 2023.05.25 14:30


From left, Lee Seok-tae, head of domestic sales at Woori Bank, and Cho Byeong-gyu, CEO of Woori Financial Capital

Candidates for Woori Bank’s next CEO have been narrowed down to two: Lee Seok-tae (58), domestic sales manager of Woori Bank, and Cho Byeong-gyu (57), CEO of Woori Financial Capital. The Woori Financial Group CEO Candidate Recommendation Committee announced on the 25th that it has selected Lee and CEO Cho Byeong-gyu as the final candidates (shortlisted) among the four candidates for the next president of Woori Bank.

The Jachu Committee explained that it selects the last two people by comprehensively considering the evaluation of the business report △comprehensive external expert competence evaluation △multilateral reputation investigation △, which was carried out in accordance with the bank president appointment program, which was promoted from March 24.

The Jachu Committee intends to decide on the final candidate for CEO of Woori Bank after conducting detailed interviews with Lee and CEO Cho on the 26th, including the presentation of a management plan.

Lee, a former merchant banker, served as head of Woori Bank’s future strategy department, general manager of Woori Financial Group’s new business, vice president of business growth, and executive vice president of Woori Bank’s sales general manager group. In the personnel and organizational reorganization of Woori Bank, which took place before and after the inauguration of Chairman Lim Jong-ryong of Woori Financial Group, he was appointed head of the domestic sales department and head of the individual group.

CEO Cho, also from a former commercial bank, was appointed CEO of Woori Financial Capital in March after serving as Woori Bank’s Compliance Officer (Assistant Executive Vice President), Executive Vice President of the Management Planning Group, and Vice- Executive president of the Corporate Group.

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