Catherine Lee

Catherine Lee or Lee Jih-chu (Chinese: 李紀珠; born 22 April 1960) is a Taiwanese economist and politician. She chaired the National Youth Commission from 1998 to 2000. After steeping down, Lee taught at National Chengchi University. Between 2005 and 2008, she was a member of the Legislative Yuan. Later that year, Lee became vice chairwoman of the Financial Supervisory Commission, where she served until 2013. Since leaving the central government, Lee has led the Bank of Taiwan and its parent company Taiwan Financial Holdings Group. In 2016, Lee was named vice chairwoman of Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd., a division of the Shin Kong Group.