Outgoing KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo and former Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung joined a pool of six candidates vying to become the next leader of the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB), the federation said on Nov. 10.
KB Financial Group said Tuesday it included three of its vice chairmen - Hur Yin, Yang Jong-hee and Lee Dong-cheol - on the list of six candidates for its next chairman and CEO, in the first of three stages to select the successful candidate.