Board of Directors
Responsible Management governed by Independent Board of Directors
Board of Directors
We ensure that the Board members are well balanced in their expertise and capability to help the Board make decisions in an efficient and strategic manner. With the election of a female independent director in 2020, who has professional knowledge in law, the Board of Directors has now become much more diversified. In 2021, an independent director was also elected as the chair of the Board, which has helped the Board gain greater independence.
Board of Directors & Committee
Category | Name | Title/ Area of expertise | Gender | Committee | ||||
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Audit Committee | Independent Director Nomination Committee | Sustainability Committee | Compensation Committee | Strategy Committee | ||||
Inside director | Kwak Noh-Jung | CEO & President | Male | Committee members | ||||
Ahn Hyun | President and Head of Development | Male | Committee members | Committee members | ||||
Other non-executive director | Jang Yong-Ho | Director | Male | Committee members | ||||
Han Myung-Jin | Director | Male | Committee members | |||||
Independent Director | Han Ae-Ra | Chairman of the Board/ Legal | Female | Committee members | Chairman | Committee members | Committee members | |
Jeong Deog-Kyoon | Semiconductor | Male | Committee members | Chairman | Chairman | |||
Kim Zeong-Won | Finance·Business management | Female | Committee members | Chairman | Committee members | |||
Yang Dong-Hoon | Accounting/Finance | Male | Chairman | |||||
Sohn Hyun-Chul | Semiconductor | Male | Committee members | Committee members |
Inside director
Kwak Noh-Jung
CEO & President, SK hynix
- Appointment
- 2025.03 (First appointment : 2022.03)
- Term
- 2028 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Korea University
- Main experience
- 2015.12 Head of D&T Technology Group, Manufacturing & Technology Division, SK hynix
- 2017.12 Head of Technology, Development of Cheongju Fab, SK hynix
- 2019.12 Head of Manufacturing and Technology, Development & Manufacturing Division, SK hynix
- 2021.12 Head of Manufacturing Technology, SK hynix
- 2022.01 President of Manufacturing Technology, SK hynix
- 2022.03 - present CEO, SK hynix
- 2024.07 - present Chairman of the Semiconductor Committee, SUPEX Council
Ahn Hyun
President and Head of Development, SK hynix
- Appointment
- 2024.03 (First appointment : 2024.03)
- Term
- 2027 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Ph. D. in Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University
- Main experience
- 2014 Head, Business Strategy Office
- 2015 - 2016 Head, NAND Development Planning Group
- 2018 Head, NAND Development Business Strategy
- 2019 Future Research and Diagnostics Team
- 2020 - 2024 SK hynix Solution Development Team
- 2025 - present President and Head of Development, SK hynix
Other non-executive director
Jang Yong-Ho
President and CEO, SK Inc.
- Appointment
- 2024.03 (First appointment : 2024.03)
- Term
- 2027 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
- Main experience
- 2014 Head, Portfolio 2 Office, SK Inc.
- 2015 - 2017 Head, PM2 Part, SK Inc.
- 2018 - 2019 President and CEO, SK Materials
- 2020 - 2023 President and CEO, SK Siltron
- 2024 - present President and CEO, SK Inc.
Han Myung-Jin
President & CEO, SK Square
- Appointment
- 2025.03 (First appointment : 2025.03)
- Term
- 2028 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- B.A. in Business Administration, Korea University
- Main experience
- 2016 Head of Global Business Development Headquarter, SK Telecom
- 2017 Head of Global Alliance Division, SK Telecom
- 2021 Head of Corporate Strategy, SK Telecom
- 2024 Head of Investment Support Center, SK Square
- 2024 - present President & CEO, SK Square
Independent Director
Han Ae-Ra
Professor, School of Law, Sungkyunkwan University
- Appointment
- 2023.03 (First appointment : 2020.03)
- Term
- 2026 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Harvard Law School, LL.M.
- Main experience
- 2011 - 2013 Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 2013 - 2014 Presiding Judge, Changwon District Court
- 2014 - 2016 Research judge, Supreme Court of Korea
- 2016 - 2018 Lawyer, Kim & Chang
- 2018 - present Professor, School of Law, Sungkyunkwan University
Jeong Deog-Kyoon
Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University
- Appointment
- 2023.03 (First appointment : 2023.03)
- Term
- 2026 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
- Main experience
- 1989 - 1991 Texas Instruments
- 1991 - 2020 Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University
- 2006 - 2008 Chair, Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National University
- 2020 - 2023 Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University
- 2024 - present Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University
Kim Zeong-Won
Senior Advisor, Kim & Chang
- Appointment
- 2023.03 (First appointment : 2023.03)
- Term
- 2026 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Master in Business Administration, University of Chicago
- Main experience
- 2010 - 2018 Deputy Head, Financial Planning Group, Citibank Korea
- 2018 - 2022 Treasury GPO/Managing Director, Citibank
- 2023 - present Senior Advisor, Kim & Chang
Yang Dong-Hoon
Professor/Emeritus Professor of Accounting, Dongguk University
- Appointment
- 2024.03 (First appointment : 2024.03)
- Term
- 2027 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Ph.D. in Accounting, Syracuse University, USA
- Main experience
- 2017 - 2018 36th President, Korean Accounting Association
- 2018 - 2019 Chair, Accounting Committee, Korea Communications Commission
- 2021 - 2022 Distinguished Professor, Korean Accounting Association/Samil PWC
- 2007 - Present Professor/Emeritus Professor of Accounting, Dongguk University
Sohn Hyun-Chul
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University
- Appointment
- 2024.03 (First appointment : 2024.03)
- Term
- 2027 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
- Education
- Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley - Main experience
- 1997 - 2006 Semiconductor researcher, SK hynix
- 2006 - Present Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University
Activities of the Board of Directors
Round of the meeting | Date | Content of Bill | Passage of Bills | Participation of independent director |
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13 | 2024-12-17 |
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12 | 2024-11-27 |
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11 | 2024-10-29 |
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10 | 2024-09-25 |
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9 | 2024-08-30 |
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8 | 2024-07-26 |
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7 | 2024-06-26 |
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6 | 2024-05-22 |
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5 | 2024-04-24 |
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4 | 2024-03-27 |
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3 | 2024-03-06 |
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2 | 2024-02-21 |
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1 | 2024-01-24 |
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