Samjong KPMG, 24 Partners Including Quality Management Head Yang Seung-yeol Promoted

[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] Samjong KPMG announced on the 24th that it held a board meeting and carried out the regular partner promotion for 2020. The official appointment date is the 1st of next month.

In this personnel move, Deputy CEO Yang Seung-yeol, head of the Quality Management Office, was promoted to CEO. CEO Yang graduated from Korea University with a degree in Business Administration and joined KPMG in 1990. He has served as head of the Information and Communication Business Division in the audit sector and as COO. Currently, he leads the Quality Management Office, overseeing the corporation’s quality and risk management.

CEO Yang Seung-yeol / Photo by Samjong KPMG

Additionally, in this personnel announcement, nine individuals including Kwon Young-min, Park Sang-won, Yeom Seung-hoon, Yoon Chang-gyu, Lee Ho-jun, Jang Young-nae, Choi Jae-beom, Han Sang-il, and Hwang Jae-nam were promoted to Deputy CEO. Fourteen individuals including Ko Dong-woo, Kim Dong-hoon, Kim Jeong-hwan, Kim Hyo-jin, Noh Sang-ho, Moon Cheol-ho, Min Sung-jin, Min Hong-gil, Park Jung-soo, Park Joo-heung, Baek Seung-mok, Uh Kyung-seok, Yoon Kwon-hyun, and Jang Hyun-min were promoted to Executive Director.

Kim Gyo-tae, Chairman of Samjong KPMG, stated, “The firm is striving not only to enhance audit quality in response to changes in the audit environment but also to achieve the highest quality and proactive risk management across all service areas. Through this regular partner promotion, we will continue our role as a trusted accounting firm that achieves healthy growth for clients and society through thorough quality management amid rapidly changing environments.”

Previously, Samjong KPMG separately appointed the head of the Quality Management Office and the head of the Psychology Office and reinforced personnel to improve audit quality and risk management functions. Last year, the firm established the ‘Audit Quality Committee,’ the first in the industry, to perform comprehensive roles such as improving, managing, and supervising audit quality. The ‘Quality Management Coaching Team’ was also launched to support audit teams and proactively respond to quality management improvements.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.