Korea Exchange Appoints Kim Geun-ik as Vice Chairman of Audit Committee and Yang Tae-young as Executive Director

Kim Geun-ik, the newly appointed Chairman of the Market Surveillance Committee (left), and Yang Tae-young, Executive Director (Photo by Korea Exchange)

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Hwajeong] The Korea Exchange announced on the 12th that it has appointed Kim Geun-ik as the new Chair of the Market Surveillance Committee and Yang Tae-young as a Standing Director.

On the same day at 4 p.m., the Exchange held the 1st Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders at its Seoul office and appointed former Financial Supervisory Service Senior Deputy Governor Kim Geun-ik as Chair of the Market Surveillance Committee, and Yang Tae-young, Head of the Clearing and Settlement Department, as a Standing Director. Both appointments are for a term of three years.

Chair Kim previously served as Head of the Financial Consumer Protection Planning Group at the Financial Services Commission, Deputy Head of the Regulatory Improvement Promotion Group at the Office for Government Policy Coordination, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit at the Financial Services Commission, and Senior Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service. Standing Director Yang has held positions including Head of the Strategy Planning Department at the Korea Exchange, Deputy Head of the Management Support Headquarters, Deputy Head of the Market Surveillance Headquarters, and currently serves as Head of the Clearing and Settlement Department.

Additionally, the Exchange appointed Jeong Seok-ho, Specialist of the Derivatives Market Headquarters, as an Executive Officer (Managing Director) and assigned him as Head of the Clearing and Settlement Department. The term is two years.

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