NH NongHyup Bank chief sends handwritten Chuseok letter to staff

NH NongHyup Bank President Kang Tae-young sent a handwritten letter to employees expressing his gratitude ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

According to financial industry sources Monday, Kang recently wrote to staff: "I am grateful for your efforts, and I hope this handwritten letter conveys my appreciation as we work together to build an even warmer and more trusted NongHyup Bank."

Kang wrote the letter as part of the bank's ongoing "Ethics Empathy Mailbox" campaign, becoming its first contributor this year.

The campaign is one of NongHyup Bank's signature ethics culture programs, in which employees write handwritten letters of gratitude and encouragement to colleagues and peers. Running since 2017, it is held primarily around major holidays. The bank has set it as an organizational goal for employees to practice ethical management naturally in their daily work, reinforcing basic standards and principles.

Kang has been broadening his management reach, including a field trip to New York last month. There, he met with officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the New York State Department of Financial Services to discuss key issues including internal controls and risk management at the bank's New York branch. He also met with global alternative investment managers to review the viability of major investment assets and discuss the outlook and risk factors going forward. Kang also visited the NongHyup Bank New York branch, where he shared business updates with staff and reviewed on-site operations.