Yoon Seung-ki, head of the Public Inspection Bureau, has been appointed as the Deputy Director of the Board of Audit and Inspection, while Kwon Oh-bok, head of the Audit Training Institute, will lead the Public Inspection Bureau.
The Board of Audit and Inspection announced that Kim Ho-cheol, the chairman, proposed the appointments for two senior audit positions on October 8, receiving approval for the appointments, which will take effect on October 9.
Yoon Seung-ki, the new Deputy Director, was born in 1969 in Naju, Jeollanam-do. He graduated from Gwangju Seoksan High School and the Department of Public Administration at Chonnam National University, and completed a master's program in law at Seoul National University.
After passing the 38th National Judicial Examination, he was appointed to the Board of Audit and Inspection in 1999. He has held various positions, including Legal Affairs Officer, Director of the Special Investigation Bureau, and Director of the Public Institution Audit Bureau. He also served as the head of the Defense Audit Team and the Director of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Audit Bureau. He was also dispatched as the head of the Inspection Office at the Defense Security Command.
The Board of Audit and Inspection described Yoon as possessing exceptional expertise in law and the capability to lead major audit tasks, including election management, investigative work, and climate and environmental audits.
Kwon Oh-bok, the new head of the Public Inspection Bureau, was born in 1970 in Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. He graduated from Guro High School and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Korea University, and earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of Exeter in the UK.
Kwon passed the 33rd Technical Examination and worked at the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korean Intellectual Property Office before joining the Board of Audit and Inspection in 2004. He has served as the first director of the IT Audit Division, the second director of the Public Institution Audit Bureau, and the first and third directors of the Special Investigation Bureau, among other roles. He has also worked as an auditor at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and was dispatched to the Office of the President in the area of public integrity before becoming the head of the Audit Training Institute.
Kwon has accumulated audit experience in various fields, including construction and environmental oversight. He was recognized as an 'Outstanding Manager' in a leadership evaluation conducted by the Board of Audit and Inspection's Practical Council in 2023.
He has been credited with contributing to the prevention of corruption and the establishment of public integrity by uncovering improper real estate transactions involving employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and a 35 billion won research and development corruption case involving public officials, professors, and businesspeople.
The Board of Audit and Inspection announced that Kim Ho-cheol, the chairman, proposed the appointments for two senior audit positions on October 8, receiving approval for the appointments, which will take effect on October 9.
Yoon Seung-ki, the new Deputy Director, was born in 1969 in Naju, Jeollanam-do. He graduated from Gwangju Seoksan High School and the Department of Public Administration at Chonnam National University, and completed a master's program in law at Seoul National University.
After passing the 38th National Judicial Examination, he was appointed to the Board of Audit and Inspection in 1999. He has held various positions, including Legal Affairs Officer, Director of the Special Investigation Bureau, and Director of the Public Institution Audit Bureau. He also served as the head of the Defense Audit Team and the Director of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Audit Bureau. He was also dispatched as the head of the Inspection Office at the Defense Security Command.
The Board of Audit and Inspection described Yoon as possessing exceptional expertise in law and the capability to lead major audit tasks, including election management, investigative work, and climate and environmental audits.
Kwon Oh-bok, the new head of the Public Inspection Bureau, was born in 1970 in Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. He graduated from Guro High School and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Korea University, and earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of Exeter in the UK.
Kwon passed the 33rd Technical Examination and worked at the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korean Intellectual Property Office before joining the Board of Audit and Inspection in 2004. He has served as the first director of the IT Audit Division, the second director of the Public Institution Audit Bureau, and the first and third directors of the Special Investigation Bureau, among other roles. He has also worked as an auditor at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and was dispatched to the Office of the President in the area of public integrity before becoming the head of the Audit Training Institute.
Kwon has accumulated audit experience in various fields, including construction and environmental oversight. He was recognized as an 'Outstanding Manager' in a leadership evaluation conducted by the Board of Audit and Inspection's Practical Council in 2023.
He has been credited with contributing to the prevention of corruption and the establishment of public integrity by uncovering improper real estate transactions involving employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and a 35 billion won research and development corruption case involving public officials, professors, and businesspeople.
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