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Kim appointed new CREFIA chief

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By Kim Bo-eun
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By Kim Bo-eun

Kim Joo-hyun

The Credit Finance Association of Korea (CREFIA) appointed Kim Joo-hyun, former president of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, as its new chairman, Tuesday.

The association made the decision at a general meeting held the same day.

Kim will serve a three-year term that began Wednesday.

Kim has decades of experience in the public sector, joining the finance ministry after passing the civil service examination in 1981. He has worked for the Asian Development Bank and the Financial Service Commission.