SK Group Retains Key CEOs in Executive Reshuffle, Puts Hands-On Leaders in Key Posts

[Financial News] SK Group announced its 2027 president-level appointments on the 30th, retaining the CEOs of its existing major affiliates to ensure management stability while newly selecting proven, hands-on leaders.
The group will also strengthen leadership of its overseas businesses to address uncertainty in global markets. Following its existing operations in the Americas, China and Japan, it will create a regional leadership post for Southeast Asia, a region with strong growth potential, and move swiftly to advance local R&D and commercialization across its major businesses.
SK Group said it held an extraordinary meeting of the SUPEX Pursuit Council that morning and shared the executive appointment decisions made by the boards of its affiliates.

SK Inc., SK Group’s holding company, will retain its current CEO, Jang Yong-ho, to provide continuity, and has promoted Kim Seon-hyeok, head of SKC’s strategy division and a portfolio management expert, to president in charge. SK Inc. plans to swiftly complete the portfolio rebalancing it has pursued to fundamentally improve its business fundamentals.
In its energy and chemicals businesses, the group strengthened its ability to respond to external risks, with a focus on expertise.
SK Innovation has nominated President Jeong Seung-il, an expert in power and energy, as its new CEO. CEO Jeong plans to address external risks, including a global economic slowdown and volatility in energy markets, strengthen the underlying competitiveness of the company’s core businesses, and ramp up its new power business.
President Kang Dong-su, who has overseen operations across SK Inc., has been nominated as co-CEO of SK Innovation and CEO of SK Energy. Kim Won-gi, who has led SK Enmove’s CIC, will also serve as CEO of SK Geo Centric, a subsidiary of SK Innovation. President Kim plans to make improving profitability in high-value-added chemicals his top priority.
SK Discovery has nominated Yun Byeong-seok, president of SK Gas, as its CEO. Song Gyeong-yeol, head of strategic planning at SK Gas, has been promoted and nominated as its CEO, and will work to upgrade the value chain and improve the company’s financial structure.

At the SUPEX Pursuit Council, SK Group’s top consultative body, Kwon Young-soo, head of strategy at SK Innovation, was promoted to president in charge of the council, bringing a next-generation hands-on leader to the forefront.
SK Group, which is also working to strengthen leadership of its overseas businesses, has created a regional leadership post for Southeast Asia and appointed President Choo Hyeong-wook to the role.
The strategy is to secure global top-tier competitiveness by swiftly advancing local R&D and commercialization in the group’s major businesses, including AI, green industries and advanced materials.
An SK Group official emphasized, “These appointments are intended to strengthen our underlying competitiveness amid an uncertain business environment and create an opportunity for a new leap forward through proactive business restructuring and technological innovation,” adding, “We will accelerate the group’s qualitative growth and enhance corporate value.”
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