Two KB Financial units get new CEOs

Two subsidiaries of KB Financial Group will get new CEOs while six others will see their incumbent chiefs’ tenures extended, the country’s second-largest financial group by assets said Tuesday. 

The new appointments are Yang Jong-hee, a former vice president of KB Financial who will take charge of KB Insurance, and Yoon Woong-won, another former KB Financial vice president who will lead KB Kookmin Card.
The appointments are subject to final endorsements by shareholders of the respective companies. 

(milaya@heraldcorp.com)