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Lee Soon-ho is the CEO of the Korea Securities Depository.

Despite controversy over parachute appointments, he has taken office as the CEO of the Korea Securities Depository and is pushing new businesses such as the issuance of security token offerings (STO) and the establishment of a government bond-related system.

Born in 1967, he graduated from Dongin High School in Busan and the Department of Economics at Seoul National University.

After obtaining a master's degree in economics from the graduate school of Seoul National University, he received a Ph.D. in economics from the graduate school of the University of Illinois in the United States.

He began his career as a research fellow at the Financial Industry and System Research Department at the Korea Institute of Finance and went on to hold positions such as Director of the Financial Consumer Research Center, Director of the Digital Finance Research Center, Head of the Banking and Insurance Research Department 2, and Head of the Banking Research Department.

He participated as a member of the economic think tank in President Yoon Suk-yeol's presidential campaign and served as a non-standing advisor to the Presidential Transition Committee.

He began his term as CEO of the Korea Securities Depository in 2023.

He is a scholar-like administrator who has been engaged in research activities for a long time at the Korea Institute of Finance.

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