KakaoBank Confirms CEO Yoon Ho-young's Reappointment at General Meeting

Chief Communications Officer Kim Jaegon
and Compliance Officer Kwon Taehun Appointed Respectively

Yoon Ho-young, CEO of Kakao Bank

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Kakao Bank CEO Yoon Ho-young's two-year reappointment has been confirmed.

On the 31st, according to Kakao Bank, the company held its regular shareholders' meeting at the Pangyo office the day before and completed the appointment of new directors and amendments to the articles of incorporation.

CEO Yoon, whose reappointment was confirmed that day, led the establishment of Kakao Bank as the head of the mobile bank TF at Kakao and has been leading Kakao Bank since 2016. His term is two years.

At the Kakao Bank board of directors, Jin Woong-seop, former Financial Supervisory Service Commissioner; Oh Pyung-seop, former KB Kookmin Bank Vice President; and Choi Soo-yeol, current partner at Samdo Accounting Corporation, were newly appointed as outside directors. Their terms are two years. Outside director Yoon Woong-jin was reappointed for one year.

At the shareholders' meeting, a total of seven agenda items, including ▲approval of financial statements ▲partial amendment of the articles of incorporation ▲appointment of audit committee members ▲approval of director remuneration limits, were passed as originally proposed.

Kakao Bank separately appointed new executives (chief operating officers) apart from the shareholders' meeting.

Former Kim & Chang senior advisor Kwon Tae-hoon was appointed as the compliance officer, and former SSG public relations director Kim Jae-gon was appointed as the chief communications officer. Former Kakao Bank compliance officer Yoo Ho-beom moved to the position of internal audit officer.

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