Kwon Hyouk-se

Kwon Hyouk-Se (Korean: 권혁세; Hanja: 權赫世; born 12 November 1956) is the eighth governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service.

While in his senior year, he passed the State Administration Examination for Civil Servants in 1979.

[2] Starting his career in the civil service as a Ministry of the Government Administration deputy director in 1980, Kwon served as Economic Advisor Council to the President, Director General at Financial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Finance and Economy (MoFE, predecessor to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance), Industrial Counselor at Prime Minister’s Office and Director General at Tax Office, MoFE.

Since 2007, he has taken up financial policy-related positions, including Director General of Supervisory Policy Bureau at Financial Supervisory Commission[3] in 2007, Standing Commissioner of Securities and Futures Commission in 2008 and FSC Secretary General and Vice-Chairman in 2009.

[2] As Director General of Supervisory Policy Bureau at Financial Supervisory Commission, he contributed to reducing excessive competition widespread in the banking and credit card industries and developed measures to stabilize real estate markets including the regulation of Loan to Value (LTV).