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Hana Financial chief wins award for top negotiator

By KH디지털2

Published : Dec. 13, 2015 - 18:11

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Kim Jung-tai, chairman of Hana Financial Group, has been honored by a local association of business management scholars for his negotiation skills, the group said Sunday.

Kim, who has been serving at the helm of Hana Financial since March 2012 after a five-year stint as vice chairman, won the top prize given by the Korean Association of Negotiation Studies as this year’s most recognizable negotiator. 

Kim Jung-tai (third from left), chairman of Hana Financial Group, poses with others at the award ceremony held at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul on Friday. From left: Yoo Jang-hee, former chairman of Commission on Shared Growth for Large and Small Companies and inaugural president of the Korean Association of Negotiation Studies; former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik; Hana Financial chief Kim; Kim In-chul, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; and Cho Nam-shin, current president of Korean Association of Negotiation Studies. Hana Financial Group Kim Jung-tai (third from left), chairman of Hana Financial Group, poses with others at the award ceremony held at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul on Friday. From left: Yoo Jang-hee, former chairman of Commission on Shared Growth for Large and Small Companies and inaugural president of the Korean Association of Negotiation Studies; former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik; Hana Financial chief Kim; Kim In-chul, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; and Cho Nam-shin, current president of Korean Association of Negotiation Studies. Hana Financial Group

He is credited for successfully spearheading the postmerger integration of Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank, which resulted in the industry’s new leader, KEB Hana Bank. The united entity, with assets of 298.8 trillion won ($254.8 billion), was launched in September, more than three years after Hana acquired a controlling stake in KEB in January 2012.

By Lee Sun-young

(milaya@heraldcorp.com)

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