KB Kookmin Bank Nominates Sungkyunkwan University Professor Yoonkyung Jung as Outside Director

Serving as Director of the AI Society at KIISE

Appointment to Be Finalized at Shareholders' Meeting on July 23

On July 22, KB Kookmin Bank announced that it had held a meeting of the Outside Director Nomination Committee and recommended Professor Yoonkyung Jung from the College of Software Convergence at Sungkyunkwan University as the final candidate for the new outside director.

Professor Yunkyung Jung of Sungkyunkwan University's College of Software Convergence, recommended as an outside director of KB Kookmin Bank. KB Kookmin Bank

Professor Jung earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in the United States and previously served as a senior researcher at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the IT University of Copenhagen in Denmark. She is currently a professor in the Department of Software at the College of Software Convergence at Sungkyunkwan University. She also serves as a director of the Artificial Intelligence Society within the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (KIISE).

The Outside Director Nomination Committee at KB Kookmin Bank began the process of appointing a new outside director following the resignation of the former outside director, Professor Moon Soobok of the School of Computing at KAIST. Comprised entirely of current outside directors, the committee manages a pool of candidates with expertise, identified through recommendations from external professional organizations and other sources. The committee selected the final candidate through a total of five meetings, as well as three rounds of candidate screening and qualification verification processes.

Professor Jung is expected to be officially appointed as an outside director of KB Kookmin Bank following the resolution at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled for July 23. Her term will run until the regular general meeting of shareholders in March 2028.

The Outside Director Nomination Committee at KB Kookmin Bank explained, "With artificial intelligence (AI)-based services and data analysis capabilities emerging as core competitive factors for banks, Professor Jung, who possesses specialized knowledge and extensive experience in these fields, has been recommended as the candidate for the new outside director."

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