Park Sung-ho, New CEO of Hana Bank, Inaugurated: "The Answer to Change and Crisis Lies in 'People'"

Euljiro Headquarters Hosts Inauguration Ceremony
Promises Innovation with Presentation of Three Strategic Directions

On the 25th, at the inauguration and retirement ceremony of Hana Bank held in the main auditorium on the 6th floor of Hana Bank Euljiro Headquarters, Park Seong-ho, the new president of Hana Bank, is waving the bank flag symbolizing Hana Bank.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Hana Financial Group announced on the 25th that Park Seong-ho was inaugurated as the next Hana Bank CEO following the Hana Bank shareholders' meeting.

With this, CEO Park became the third CEO of the integrated Hana Bank, following CEO Ham Young-joo, who was inaugurated as the first CEO when the integrated Hana Bank was launched in September 2015, and CEO Ji Seong-gyu.

CEO Park served as the CEO of Hana Financial TI, Hana Financial Group’s IT specialized affiliate, for about three years starting in December 2015, leading the successful IT integration of the integrated Hana Bank. Additionally, he was appointed CEO of Hana Bank Indonesia in June 2019, achieving successful local business results in Indonesia, earning a reputation as a prepared CEO who has led both global and digital sectors.

Through this, as COVID-19 prolongs globally and new changes and innovations are demanded at a turning point in finance, Hana Bank is expected to inject new vitality by clearly presenting the direction it should take, enabling Hana Bank to soar as an innovative bank through people-centered change and innovation.

CEO Park emphasized that for Hana Bank to overcome the turning point in finance and achieve sustainable growth, change and crisis must be transformed into new opportunities, and the answer must be found in ‘people.’

In his inauguration speech, he stressed “The value that never changes even in a rapidly changing financial environment is ‘people.’ The starting point and goal of change and innovation must all be ‘people.’ People mean customers, employees, and society,” and stated, “Our goal is to create a bank that satisfies customers, makes employees happy, contributes to the sustainable growth of society, and thus becomes a ‘bank that makes tomorrow more hopeful.’”

At the Hana Bank inauguration and retirement ceremony held on the 6th floor auditorium of Hana Bank Euljiro Headquarters on the 25th, Park Seong-ho, the new Hana Bank President (right in the photo), is receiving the bank flag from Ji Seong-gyu, the former Hana Bank President (left in the photo).

To create a ‘bank that makes tomorrow more hopeful,’ CEO Park presented three strategic directions: ▲ a digital bank in customers’ daily lives ▲ a bank that grows together with employees ▲ a bank that develops together with society, and pledged to innovate the people (employees), organization, and methods of work. He also emphasized that he would lead by example for ‘transformational leadership,’ which draws voluntary participation through horizontal communication processes among employees based on empathy and produces results through that participation.

Meanwhile, at the Hana Bank CEO inauguration and retirement ceremony held in the large auditorium on the 6th floor of the Hana Bank Euljiro headquarters that afternoon, CEO Park received the bank flag from former CEO Ji Seong-gyu, signaling a new beginning for Hana Bank. He also received the CEO fountain pen, a tradition carried on since the old Hana Bank era.

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