(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yeon-jung = Hana Financial Group[086790] Four members were selected as the candidates for the next chairman, including Chairman Kim Jeong-tae, Vice Chairman Ham Young-ju, Park Seong-ho, vice president of Hana Bank Digital Retail Group, and former Citi Bank Korea President Park Jin-hoe.
The Hana Financial Group Chairman Candidate Recommendation Committee (Haicol) held a meeting in Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th and announced that the final candidates for the next president (short list) were compressed into these four members.
The short list selected on this day included 3 insiders and 1 outsider.
Earlier, in January, the Huichu Committee decided on 14 candidates (long list), including 9 internal and 5 external personnel, and compressed the candidates through an in-depth evaluation that day.
Hoe Chul Committee explained that the individual candidates were evaluated according to detailed evaluation criteria pre-determined by Hoe Chul Committee such as vision, mid- to long-term management strategy, entrepreneurship, career, professionalism, global mind, and network for a close examination of the candidates.
Hana Financial Group Chairman Yoon Seong-bok said, “We have decided on the short list fairly and transparently in accordance with the management succession plan and candidate recommendation procedure for the chairman of the CEO.” “We have included candidates for the organizational stability of the financial group.”
Hoe Chu Committee plans to confirm the final candidate within this month through in-depth interviews with these candidates. The term of office of Chairman Kim Jong-tae is until the regular general shareholders’ meeting in March, and the new president must be confirmed at least two weeks before the general shareholders’ meeting.