Hwan Ju Lee is President & CEO of KB Kookmin Bank, (the largest subsidiary of KB Financial Group). He has received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Sungkyunkwan University. He has also earned MBA from Helsinki School of Economics. He was inaugurated as CEO of KB Kookmin Bank in January 2025.

After joining Housing & Commercial Bank in 1991, Mr. Lee became Head of Kookmin Bank’s Sales Planning Department in July 2013 and then he served important positions including ‘Head of Kookmin Bank’s Foreign Exchange Business Division’ before advancing to Senior Managing Director of Kookmin Bank’s Retail Customer Group in January 2019.

In January 2020, he assumed the CFO position to lead Strategy & Finance Planning Group at KB Kookmin Bank and, in January 2021, he was appointed at Chief Financial Officer of KB Financial Group. After being appointed as the Chairman & CEO of KB Life Insurance in January 2022, he had been leading of KB Life, a merged corporation of KB Life Insurance and Prudential Life Insurance, since January 2024.

Drawing on his extensive experience and management expertise across key roles within the Group, including the holding company, the banking sector, and the insurance sector, he is sure to effectively respond to the increasingly uncertain and volatile business environment and to significantly contribute to make rational decisions in addressing various challenges faced by KB Financial Group.