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Amorepacific

Corporate Governance

Executive Directors

  • CEO Kyungbae Suh Chairman

    Date of appointment
    first appointment on 7 June 2006
    Term
    3 years (23 March 2021 ~ 23 March 2024)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Graduated from Yonsei University School of Business
    Graduated from Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
    Director of Planning & Coordination , Pacific Corporation
    President & CEO of Pacific Corporation
    (current) CEO of Amorepacific
  • Lee Dong Soon President

    Date of appointment
    first appointment on 19 March 2021
    Term
    3 years (19 March 2021 ~ 19 March 2024)
    Education / Previous Positions
    B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Dong A University
    Served as the head of SCM Unit Support/Purchasing/Quality Department at Amorepacific (2010 ~ 2013)
    Served as CEO of Pacific Package (2014 ~ 2016)
    (current) Executive director of SCM Unit at Amorepacific (2017 ~ present)
    (current) CEO of Amorepacific

Independent Directors

  • Lee Hwi-seong Independent Director

    Date of appointment
    first appointment on 15 March 2019
    Term
    3 years (24 March 2022 ~ 24 March 2025)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Graduated from Sogang University with a degree in Accounting
    President & CEO of IBM Korea
    Vice President of Strategy at IBM Headquarters, U.S.
    CEO of Innovative Company Shall We
    (current) Senior advisor at Innovative Company Shall We
  • Cha Sang-kyunIndependent Director

    Date of appointment
    first appointment on 20 March 2020
    Term
    3 years (20 March 2020 ~ 20 March 2023)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University
    Master’s degree in control and measurement engineering from Seoul National University
    PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University, US
    President of Big Data Institute, Seoul National University
    Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University
    (current) Professor & President of Graduate School of Data Science, Seoul National University
  • Jo Seong JinIndependent Director

    Date of appointment
    first appointment on 19 March 2021
    Term
    3 years (19 March 2021 ~ 10 March 2024)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Bachelor of Economics at Northwestern University
    M.A. and PhD in Economics at Graduate School of Yale University
    Professor of Economics and Finance at Hanyang University (2003 ~ 2008)
    Vice president of Korea Association of Applied Economics(2020 ~ present) and Director of Korea Academic Society of Industrial Organization (2019 ~ present)
    (current) Professor of Economics at Seoul National University (2008 ~ present)
  • Kim Jong-daeIndependent Director

    Date of appointment
    First appointment on 24 March 2022
    Term
    3 years (24 March 2022 ~ 24 March 2025)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Bachelor’s degree in economics and Master’s in MBA from Seoul National University
    PhD in accounting from George Washington University, U.S
    Co-chair of Incheon Green Growth Committee (2014~2017)
    (Current) Head of ESG Center, Sustainability Management Research Institute, Inha University (2020~)
    (Current) Professor of Business Administration, Inha University (2008~) & Head professor of Green Finance Graduate Program (2021~)
  • Ahn Hee-joonIndependent Director

    Date of appointment
    First appointment on 24 March 2022
    Term
    3 years (24 March 2022 ~ 24 March 2025)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Kangwon National University
    Graduated from MBA, Penn State University & PhD in Finance
    Professor at City University of Hong Kong (1996~2000)
    Professor at Sookmyung Women's University (2000~2005)
    President of Academic Society of Korean Securities Association (2020~2021)
    (Current) Professor at Sungkyunkwan University (2005~)
  • Choe In-aIndependent Director

    Date of appointment
    First appointment on 24 March 2022
    Term
    3 years (24 March 2022 ~ 24 March 2025)
    Education / Previous Positions
    Graduated from Political Science & International Relations, Ewha Womans University
    Copywriter and Creative Director at Cheil Worldwide (1984~2012)
    Jury member of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (1998), Lecturer at Alain de Botton’s School of Life Seoul (2015~2017)
    (Current) Dong-a Ilbo honorary editorial writer (2019~)
    (Current) CEO of Ina Books (2016~)