Shinhan Financial Group announced on the 2nd that it held a management forum for the second half of 2025 at the Shinhan Bank Blue Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on the 1st.
The forum, themed 'AX (AI Transformation) - Ignition,' was designed to integrate generative AI and AI assistants into the respective tasks of executives, aiming for organizational consolidation. It focused on transitioning industry leaders from understanding technology to being active executors.
During the morning session of the forum, the CEOs of the group's affiliates presented specific AI utilization strategies based on actionable plans for each company. In the afternoon, an AI hands-on mission was conducted in a hackathon format, where 237 group executives used AI assistants to carry out assigned missions, and time was set aside to share the experiences accumulated from previous learning by selecting outstanding works from the practice mission of the day.
Jin Ok-dong, chairman of Shinhan Financial, emphasized, 'Leaders must go beyond understanding technology to skillfully utilize and execute it.' He added, 'Leadership in the age of AI gains meaning only when one takes direct action, and let’s lead hyper-personalized finance by proposing and realizing what customers want first.'
Chairman Jin noted, 'Just as rankings often change during a sharp turn in a car race, the current transition of AI technology is a critical period that determines the survival and sustainability of corporations.' He urged leaders to respond agilely to technological evolution and become agents of change.