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00:06Korea's financial regulator just told bank boards their succession planning isn't good enough.
00:11Meanwhile, a U.S. nuclear stake negotiation could reshape supply chain exposure for Korean industrials.
00:17And one transformer maker just landed a mega U.S. deal on the back of it.
00:22It's Wednesday, September 16th.
00:25Let's look at a business story shaping corporate Korea.
00:27Korea's financial supervisory service publicly criticized CEO succession procedures at the country's bank-holding companies.
00:35The move follows a generational leadership shift at KB Financial Group's chairman race.
00:40Fifty-four executive seats across major financial groups come up for renewal by year-end.
00:46Here's what the numbers show.
00:47FSS data shows Korea's eight bank-holding companies took an average of 45 days from succession launch to final candidate,
00:55with only one face-to-face interview each.
00:57The regulator's own 2023 governance guidelines require succession planning to start at least three months before a CEO's term ends.
01:05Separately, Hyo-Sung Heavy Industries signed 386.5 billion won in ultra-high-voltage transformer contracts with two U.S.
01:15big tech firms for AI data centers.
01:17Goldman Sachs Project's U.S. data center power demand will grow 15% annually through 2030, backing roughly $50 billion
01:26in new grid infrastructure.
01:27Hyo-Sung's cumulative new orders this year already total 9.3 trillion won, surpassing all of last year, and the
01:35company raised its annual order target to $12 trillion won.
01:39Separately, Korea and the U.S. are still negotiating Korea's equity stake in Westinghouse, with voting rights the key sticking
01:46point ahead of a broader $200 billion investment package expected around September 18.
01:52So what does this mean for corporate Korea? Earlier, we said regulators are pressing boards on succession discipline.
01:59Here's what that actually means for you.
02:01CEO transition planning at Korean financial groups is now under direct supervisory scrutiny, and boards without documented, multi-year succession
02:10pipelines face reputational and regulatory exposure.
02:13At the same time, industrial firms with U.S.-facing supply chains, from power equipment to nuclear partnerships, are seeing real
02:21order growth tied to America's AI infrastructure build-out.
02:25What to watch, year-end CEO transitions at KB, Shinhan, Hana, Wuri, and NH Financial, the FSE's upcoming governance reform
02:36announcement, and the Korea-U.S. Westinghouse agreement, expected around September 18.
02:42That's today's AI Prism, CEO.
02:45This episode was produced with AI assistance based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting, and reviewed by a human editor.
02:52AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series.
02:55We'll be back tomorrow.
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