Introduction

Sung Ok Jang is a senior advisor in the Corporate & Finance Group at Yulchon LLC who practices primarily in the areas of digital finance, fintech, information security, financial information protection, financial data, and AI. Ms. Jang brings nearly 33 years of experience in digital finance, having served in a wide range of roles at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), including supervision, inspection, sanctioning, and licensing of IT functions of financial institutions and electronic financial service providers. From 1992, Ms. Jang held various positions at the Financial Supervisory Service, including the IT Supervision Department, the IT Fintech Strategy Department, the Information Strategy Department, and the Corporate Disclosure Department, and from 2021 to 2023, she served as Director General of the Information Strategy Department, the Digital Finance Examination Department and the IT Examination Department, among other major roles before joining Yulchon in 2025.

Education
  • 2022 Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Scientific Investigation (Digital Forensics), completion of a Ph.D. program
  • 2014 Korea University, Graduate School of Cyber Security, Information Security, M.S.
  • 1992 Pusan National University, Computer Science, B.S.
Experience
  • 2025-present Yulchon LLC
  • 2025 Digital Finance Business Support Official, Digital Finance Coordination Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2023-2024 Cooperation Official on Secondment, Korea Financial Investment Association
  • 2022-2023 Director General, IT Examination Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2021-2022 Director General, Information Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2020-2021 Deputy Director General, Digital Finance Supervision Team, IT Fintech Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2018-2020 Head of Team, Corporate Disclosure Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2017-2018 Head of Team, Information Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2016-2017 Head of Team, Financial Information Protection Team, Financial Information Protection Department, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2015-2016 Head of Team, Capital Market Examination Department 2, Financial Supervisory Service
Qualifications
  • 1991 Information Processing Engineer , Republic of Korea
Languages

Korean, English