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Korea Banks Federation appoints former BC Card vice president Woo as executive director
The Korea Banks Federation has appointed Woo Sang-hyun (우상현), a former BC Card vice president, as its new executive director. The federation said on Sept. 1 the appointment was made after obtaining approval from an employee general meeting. Woo, born in 1965, graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in economics and earned a master’s degree in environmental management from Yale University. He has held senior government and finance posts and later worked in the private financial sector.