KCGI Asset Management held an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on the 17th and announced on the 18th that they changed their sole chief executive officer system to a joint CEO system, appointing CIO Mok Dae-gyun and CMO Jo Won-bok as new CEOs. This is a follow-up personnel change following the appointment of former CEO Kim Byung-chul as the CEO of Hanyang Securities.
A representative from KCGI Asset Management explained, “We made this decision to promote balanced growth between the management/marketing sector and the operation sector, establish a responsible management system for each specialized field, and enhance work efficiency through rapid decision-making.”
The new CEO Mok Dae-gyun, overseeing the operation sector, started as an analyst at Daewoo Securities Research Center and served as the Global Operations Director at Mirae Asset Asset Management. He is considered a first-generation prominent overseas fund manager, having managed Mirae Asset’s flagship global funds, such as Insight, Global Great Consumer, and G2 Innovator.
Jo Won-bok, the new CEO in charge of the management/marketing sector, is a versatile expert who joined Tongyang Investment Trust Management and has experience in both operation and marketing, having served as the Head of Equity Operations at Tongyang Asset Management, Head of Customer Asset Management at Tongyang Securities, and Head of Operations for the Employment Insurance Fund at Korea Investment & Securities.