Kang Seungjun Nominated as Chairman of Korea Credit Guarantee Fund

35th Civil Service Exam Graduate from Ministry of Economy and Finance
Vice President for External and International Affairs at Seoul National University of Science and Technology

On March 10, the Financial Services Commission announced that Lee Okwon, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, had recommended Kang Seungjun (61), Vice President for External and International Affairs at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, for appointment as the new chairman of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund. The chairman of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund is appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the Financial Services Commission.

Born in 1965, Kang graduated from Shinil High School and the Department of Economics at Seoul National University. He earned a master's degree in economics from the same university and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Missouri in the United States. Kang began his public service career by passing the 35th Higher Civil Service Examination and went on to serve as Director-General of the Public Policy Bureau and the Fiscal Management Bureau at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Head of the Support Team at the National Economic Advisory Council, Director-General for Fiscal Management, and Auditor at the Bank of Korea. Later, as a professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, he also served as Head of the Startup Support Center and as an operating committee member at the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, building expertise and experience in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises.

The Financial Services Commission stated, "Kang is a candidate with extensive insight into the overall economy and finance based on his long public service experience, as well as expertise in public institutions and fiscal management. We assessed him as the right person to lead innovation in public institutions and to strengthen the role of policy finance for productive finance, and therefore recommended him as chairman of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund."

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