The new Korean President of HDBank made his first statement after holding the “hot seat”
HDBank has just announced the resolution of the Board of Directors to elect Mr. Kim Byoungho – an independent member of the Board of Directors to hold the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of HDBank from April 29, 2022, with a plan to bring the bank into a new stage of development and integration. stronger.
Mr. Kim Byoungho – New Chairman of HDBank’s Board of Directors.
The fact that Mr. Kim Byoungho – who used to be Chairman & General Director – the highest-ranking leadership position at Hana Bank – becomes the Chairman of HDBank’s Board of Directors shows the shareholders’ vision to bring the best international standards to work. HDBank’s governance in the new stage of development and international integration.
“I am very honored and excited to be given the opportunity to contribute to the development of HDBank and the Vietnamese banking industry as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of HDBank”, Mr. Kim Byoungho shared.
“I hope that my experience, enthusiasm and understanding of the financial market will add to HDBank’s diversity and open-minded culture, helping HDBank to become sharper, more flexible and more stable. in the context of a rapidly changing world and strong digital transformation, thereby becoming a bank of national and international stature as the strategy of shareholders” – Mr. Kim Byoungho, added.
Mr. Kim Byoungho was born in 1961, has over 30 years of experience in the financial and banking industry. He used to hold the position of CFO and CEO at Hana Bank (the second largest bank in Korea) and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hana Financial Group in Korea. For nearly three decades, he has led Hana Bank to comprehensively innovate and grow strongly, joining the group of the largest banks in Korea and reaching out to the world.
At Hana Financial Group, he led the consolidation program of Seoul Bank in 2002, received the transfer of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from Lone Star Fund (USA) in 2015 to help Hana Bank increase its total assets. assets to more than 240 billion USD and become Korea’s No. 1 bank in terms of international network with 137 branches in 24 countries.
At the same time, Mr. Kim participated in directing the successful implementation of many international projects of Hana Bank in markets such as Indonesia, China, the US and Vietnam.
The veteran Korean businessman is expected to lead HDBank to a new level of development. Photo: HDBank
The new Chairman of HDBank’s Board of Directors has a lot of enthusiasm and understanding of the Vietnamese market. He is the one who made Hana Bank become a strategic shareholder holding 15% of capital at Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) in 2019, with a total transaction value of nearly 1 billion USD, contributing to innovation strategy of one of the largest state-owned banks in Vietnam.
After leaving Hana in 2019, he was invited by many reputable financial institutions as an advisor and is currently an independent member of the Board of Directors of SK Inc. – one of the largest corporations in Korea.
Former Chairman Le Thi Bang Tam still holds the role of HDBank’s Advisory Board
In addition to Mr. Kim Byoungho, HDBank’s Board of Directors for the term 2022-2027 also has Mr. Le Manh Dung – an independent member of the Board of Directors, who has more than 25 years of experience in the banking and finance sector. He works at the investment fund DEG – a member of the German Reconstruction Bank (KfW), recently invested in HDBank’s international privately-issued bonds.
The remaining five members of HDBank’s Board of Directors are all experienced and reputable leaders in the banking and finance industry.
The bank also established an Advisory Board, headed by former chairwoman Le Thi Bang Tam.
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