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CEO and President of Korea Investment & Securities
Kim Sung-hwan
IB Expert Aiming to Be Asia’s Goldman Sachs
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Last Updated on Nov 17, 2025
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CEO and President of Korea Investment & Securities
Life Summary
Kim Sung-hwan is the CEO of Korea Investment & Securities.
He is expanding the organization and its businesses with the goal of growing into a global financial investment company.
He was born on November 21, 1969, in Seoul.
He graduated from Dangok High School in Seoul and from Korea University with a degree in economics.
He began his career at Kyobo Life Insurance.
After working at LG Investment & Securities, he moved to Dongwon Securities, and remained with Korea Investment & Securities even after Dongwon Securities was acquired by Korea Investment & Securities.
He served as Head of the Project Finance Division, Head of Bond Trading, Head of the IB Group, Executive Vice President in charge of Corporate Planning, and Head of the Retail Customer Group before being appointed CEO in 2024.
He is an investment banking (IB) expert who introduced, for the first time in the securities industry, asset-backed securities (ABS) and asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) based on real estate project financing (PF).
He led Korea Investment & Securities to become the first domestic operator of the comprehensive investment account (IMA) business.
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He is expanding the organization and its businesses with the goal of growing into a global financial investment company.
He was born on November 21, 1969, in Seoul.
He graduated from Dangok High School in Seoul and from Korea University with a degree in economics.
He began his career at Kyobo Life Insurance.
After working at LG Investment & Securities, he moved to Dongwon Securities, and remained with Korea Investment & Securities even after Dongwon Securities was acquired by Korea Investment & Securities.
He served as Head of the Project Finance Division, Head of Bond Trading, Head of the IB Group, Executive Vice President in charge of Corporate Planning, and Head of the Retail Customer Group before being appointed CEO in 2024.
He is an investment banking (IB) expert who introduced, for the first time in the securities industry, asset-backed securities (ABS) and asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) based on real estate project financing (PF).
He led Korea Investment & Securities to become the first domestic operator of the comprehensive investment account (IMA) business.
#KoreaInvestmentSecurities #KimSungHwan #CEO #investmentbanking #projectfinance #ABS #ABCP #IMA #financialindustry #SouthKorea