Dr. Chang Yong Rhee

Chang Yong Rhee has been the Governor of the Bank of Korea and Chairman of its Monetary Policy Board since 2022. He currently serves as Chair of the Committee on the Global Financial System and as a member of the Board of Directors at the Bank for International Settlements.

Between 2014 and 2022, he served as the Director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund. Prior to that, he was Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank from 2011 to 2014, Secretary General and Sherpa of the Presidential Committee for the 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit from 2009 to 2011, and Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission from 2008 to 2009.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Rhee was a Professor of Economics at Seoul National University and an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

In 2011, he was awarded the Order of Civil Merit (Peony Medal) by the Government of the Republic of Korea.