Life Summary
Yim Jong-ryong is chairman and CEO of Woori Financial Group.

He was born on Aug. 3, 1959, in Boseong, South Jeolla Province.

He graduated from Seoul Yeongdong High School and Yonsei University’s Department of Economics. He earned a master’s degree in public administration from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Administration and a master’s degree in economics from Oregon State University in the United States.

He entered public service after passing the 24th Higher Civil Service Examination. He worked as director-general of the Financial Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Finance and Economy before being named presidential secretary for economic affairs at the Blue House under the Lee Myung-bak administration.

After serving as first vice minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and then as minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, his final public post, he left public service and went on to serve as chairman of NH NongHyup Financial Group and chairman of the Financial Services Commission.

He later worked as a special professor at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Economics and as an adviser at Yulchon LLC.

In 2023, he was appointed chairman of Woori Financial Group.

He was nominated as prime minister near the end of the Park Geun-hye administration, but the nomination was dropped after the president’s impeachment.

He is known for his strong mediation skills and has the nickname “Zhuge Liang of the financial world.”

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