Korea Exchange Resolves Former Financial Supervisory Service Chief Jeong Eun-bo as New Chairman Candidate

The board of directors of the Korea Exchange resolved on the 24th to submit a proposal to the shareholders' meeting to appoint Jeong Eun-bo, former Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) chief, as the new chairman.

Jeong Eun-bo, Former Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service

On that day, 13 out of the total 15 directors attended the board meeting and passed the resolution unanimously. If the appointment is approved at the shareholders' meeting scheduled for the 14th of next month, former chief Jeong will officially begin his term as the new chairman of the Exchange starting on the 15th. The term of the chairman of the Exchange is three years.

Former chief Jeong was born in 1961 and is from Cheongsong, Gyeongbuk. After graduating from Seoul National University with a degree in Business Administration, he passed the 28th Administrative Examination in 1984 and began his public service career. He started as a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, then served as Director of International Financial Policy at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Secretary General of the Financial Services Commission, and Deputy Minister of Strategy and Finance. He was appointed Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission in January 2016 but resigned in July 2017, and served as the FSS chief for nine months starting in August 2021. He is currently a research advisory committee member at the Korea Insurance Research Institute.

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