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Speaker
YOON Suk Heun
- Affliation
- Former Governor of Financial Supervisory Service
Biography
Suk Heun Yoon is a Former Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor in Korea. Throughout his tenure, he emphasized the importance of consumer protection as well as supervisory independence. Before this, he had taught Finance at Hallym University, Soongsil University, and Seoul National University, all in Korea. Before that, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow for the Korea Institute of Finance. He also taught at McGill University in Canada after he had received a Ph.D. degree in Finance from Northwestern University and an MBA from Santa Clara University both in the USA. Dr. Yoon’s research interest lies in the areas of financial institutions, commercial banking, financial regulation, and supervisory structure. He has published numerous articles both in international and domestic journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF), the Journal of Risk and Insurance, and the Journal of Money and Finance (in Korean). He is a recipient of the Iddo-Sarnat Best Paper Award jointly from the JBF and European Finance Association. He also received the Best Paper Award from Northern Finance Association and twice from the Korean Finance Association (KFA). He used to serve as President of the KFA and President of the Korea Money and Finance Association.