NongHyup Financial Group to Select Next Chairman Candidates Today

Meeting of the Nomination Committee Scheduled Ahead of the 11 o'clock Board Meeting

NH Nonghyup Financial Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] NH Nonghyup Financial Group will select the next chairman candidate pool (longlist) through the 2nd Executive Candidate Recommendation Committee (ECRC) meeting on the morning of the 8th.

According to financial circles, Nonghyup Financial will hold a board meeting at 11 a.m. on the same day. The 2nd ECRC meeting is scheduled around 10 a.m., before the board meeting, where the next chairman longlist is expected to be created.

The ECRC, which has the authority to recommend candidates, consists of a total of six members: four outside directors, one non-executive director, and one inside director.

Nonghyup Financial began the process of selecting the next chairman after former chairman Kim Kwang-soo moved to become the chairman of the Korea Federation of Banks on the 1st of this month, and is currently operating under the acting president, Vice President Kim In-tae. Since vice presidents and senior vice presidents were already appointed over the weekend, the appointment of the chairman is an urgent matter. The Nonghyup Financial ECRC must complete the final candidate recommendation process within 40 days after the start of the management succession procedure, so it is highly likely that the final candidate for the next chairman will be decided within this month.

There are opinions that internal promotion should be appointed as chairman to leverage the financial group's expertise for Nonghyup Financial's growth, but it is highly likely that, following precedent, an external candidate with a high-ranking bureaucratic background will be included in the final candidate pool. Although Nonghyup Financial is not a public institution, it operates policy funds and returns profits to farmers, giving it a strong public character, and thus bureaucrats have traditionally held the chairman position.

The fact that the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, which receives government funding, is the major shareholder also makes it inevitable to prefer a figure who can maintain a close relationship with the government. Except for the first chairman, former chairman Shin Chung-sik, the chairmen have traditionally been bureaucrats from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance’s predecessor, the Ministry of Finance and Economy. Moreover, with former chairman Kim Kwang-soo being elected as chairman of the Korea Federation of Banks, the Nonghyup Financial chairman position has become an optimal role for traditional bureaucrats to gain private financial company experience, making it an even more popular position among bureaucrats.

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