Jungjingong Selects 'Jungjingong Person of the Year' Leading Institutional Innovation

Three Masters Leading Innovation Growth, Strengthening Institutional ESG, and Regional Development by Sector

The Small and Medium Business Corporation (Chairman Kang Seok-jin, hereinafter referred to as SBC) announced on the 10th that it has finally selected three individuals as the 'SBC Persons of the Year' who led outstanding innovations in the institution and overall business operations.

On the 7th, SBC held the '5th SBC Person of the Year Selection Competition' at its headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongnam. The competition featured on-site presentations of the final nine candidates selected through internal and external evaluations from a total of 70 cases discovered in three areas: ▲ Leading Innovative Growth ▲ Strengthening Institutional ESG ▲ Regional Development.

On the 7th, award recipients are taking a commemorative photo at the 'This Year's Jungjingong Selection Competition' held at the Jungjingong headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongnam.

This year, the three highest scorers in each category were selected as the SBC Persons of the Year by combining the results of an online real-time vote by all employees for the final candidates, the judging panel's evaluation on the day of the competition, and mobile evaluations by a public participation group composed of general citizens and small business owners.

In the Leading Innovative Growth category, Team Leader Kim Young-jae of the Loan Management Office was selected for alleviating the burden on small businesses through legal amendments. He contributed to strengthening the status of policy financial institutions through the amendment of the Litigation Promotion Act. In the Institutional ESG Strengthening category, Section Chief Kim Ye-ji of the Overseas Expansion Business Department received the award for establishing a support foundation for indirect export small businesses that had been excluded from policy support. In the Regional Development category, the case of Deputy General Manager Hwang Sang-ho of the Chungbuk Regional Headquarters was awarded for solving regional issues and fostering local industries based on cooperation with related organizations.

Kang Seok-jin, Chairman of SBC, said, "Through this competition, we were able to confirm and share the results filled with the challenges and passion of our employees for the innovative growth of small and medium enterprises," adding, "We will continue to discover excellent innovation cases to support small and medium enterprises more effectively and provide a stepping stone for companies to grow to the next level."

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