Citi Korea has announced that Kyoung-Ho Kim has been appointed as Citi country officer & banking head (CCOBH) for Korea for a three-year term, following an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and a meeting of its Board of Directors.

Kim joined Citi in 2001 as a corporate relationship manager at Citibank’s Seoul branch. He subsequently served as head of large corporate banking and head of financial institutions at Citibank Korea, and has served as head of corporate banking group for Korea since 2021.

He was nominated as the final candidate for the role on September 22.

Kim graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in international economics and holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).