A senior appointment announcement comes from the US banking group in South Korea.

Citi in South Korea has appointed Kyoung-Ho Kim as Citi country officer and banking head for the country, serving a three-year term.

Kim joined Citi in 2001 as a corporate relationship manager at Citibank’s Seoul branch. Subsequently, he served as head of large corporate banking and head of financial institutions at Citibank Korea. Kim had also been head of corporate banking group for South Korea since 2021.

Kyoung-Ho, who graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in international economics, holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

WealthBriefingAsia has contacted the bank to find out whether this executive is taking a on a newly-created role or whether he is succeeding a predecessor. We will update in due course.