Yoon Jong-kyu, KB Financial Group Chairman, "Strengthening Real Estate, Healthcare, and Mobility"

KB Geumyungjiju '2023 Sangban-gi Group Management Strategy Meeting'

Yoon Jong-kyu, Chairman of KB Financial Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Yoon Jong-kyu, Chairman of KB Financial Group, urged key executives to "strengthen KB Star Banking, KB Pay, KB Wallet, as well as the real estate, healthcare, and mobility sectors to leap forward as the number one financial platform."

At the '2023 First Half Group Management Strategy Meeting' held on the 6th at the Grand Walkerhill Seoul, Chairman Yoon stated, "KB must proactively respond to new era trends such as digital transformation and green transformation." About 270 executives from KB Financial Group’s 12 affiliates attended the management strategy meeting.

The theme of this management strategy meeting was 'KB, Embracing the Future (Preparing Boldly).' KB Financial explained that the meeting was an opportunity to diagnose this year's uncertain internal and external management environment, seek sustainable and solid growth, and explore 'resilience'?the ability to recover and return to normal even in crisis situations.

The morning session began with presentations on the 2023 group management strategy direction and management plans, followed by a special lecture on responding to economic downturns through examples of global financial groups. In the subsequent CEO special lecture, the management discussed the top priorities and specific implementation plans for the year.

Chairman Yoon said, "Just as a hawk overcomes its limits and extends its lifespan by plucking out its feathers and claws to transform itself, KB must make persistent and bold efforts to enhance resilience by leveraging KB’s core competitiveness during the upcoming harsh times."

In the afternoon session, the entire business divisions of KB Financial were divided into five business groups for discussion, focusing on concretizing ideas proposed by executives and enhancing execution capabilities.

Chairman Yoon stated, "The reason KB exists is to create customer happiness and a better world," adding, "Let us gather wisdom and work together to ensure that our mission of finance that changes the world does not remain an empty slogan, and that 2023 can be a year to exert positive influence on society."

Meanwhile, during this management strategy meeting, there was also a session introducing the vision and key services of KB Healthcare’s platform ‘O-Care’ to the executives. ‘O-Care’ provides personalized digital health management services based on health checkup results and genomic test information.

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