Yoon-Woo Lee
Yoon-Woo Lee was
named Samsung Electronics' Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in
2008 and has been a member of Samsung Electronics' board of directors
since 1988. Joining Samsung in 1968, Mr. Lee was appointed President of
Samsung's Semiconductor Business in 1996. In 2004, he was promoted to
the position of Vice Chairman of the Samsung Advanced Institute of
Technology, and assumed the additional role of Chief Technology Officer
in 2005. Mr. Lee holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
from Seoul National University.
Gee-Sung Choi
Gee-Sung Choi,
the newly appointed CEO, has been a member of the company's Board of
Directors since March 2009. Having served Samsung for more than three
decades, Mr. Choi was appointed President of the Digital Media &
Communications Business in January 2009. He previously held the
position of President of the Telecommunication Network Business from
January 2007, helping Samsung to grow its market share to become the
world's second-largest mobile phone maker. He also played a key role in
developing the company's Visual Display Division from 1998, and was
appointed President of the Digital Media Business in 2003. Under his
leadership, Samsung became the global market share leader in both
monitors and televisions. Mr. Choi began his career at Samsung
C&T's International Trade Division in 1977. He holds a degree in
International Trade from Seoul National University.
Ju-Hwa Yoon
Ju-Hwa Yoon has
been Samsung Electronics' President and a member of the company's Board
of Directors since 2009. He is currently the CFO of the Corporate
Management Office, moving from the previous year's former position as
the head of Corporate Auditing Team where his main responsibility was
to audit and evaluate the business activities of Digital Media &
communications and Digital Solutions. As a member of the corporate
staff, he was actively involved in the company's management support and
innovation efforts from 1996 to 2004. From 2004 until 2009, he held
the position of Vice President in the Management Support &
Innovation Division while heading Global Enterprise Resource Planning
Task Force Team. He has a bachelor's degree in Statistics from
SungKyunKwan University.
Dong-Min Yoon
Dong-Min Yoon has
been a member of Samsung Electronics' board of directors since 2006 and
is an independent director with responsibilities in overall corporate
management and the Compensation Committee. He is an attorney at the Kim
& Chang Law Office and also is an independent director of the
Doosan Group, one of the oldest and largest conglomerates in Korea. Mr.
Yoon previously served as director of the Social Protection and
Rehabilitation Bureau at the Ministry of Justice; chief of the Planning
Management department at the Ministry of Justice; and a public
prosecutor at the Daejeon Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office. He
received a bachelor's degree in Law from Seoul National University.
Chae-Woong Lee
Chae-Woong Lee
has been a member of Samsung Electronics' board of directors since 2006
and is an independent director with responsibilities on the Audit
Committee, Outside Director Recommendation Committee, Internal
Transaction Committee and the Compensation Committee. He was the
president of the Korean Economic Association and is currently an
independent director of Pusan Bank. Dr. Lee was a vice president of
SungKyunKwan University from 1999 to 2003 and is an emeritus professor
of Economics there. He also was a member of the Council for Financial
Industry Development Review to the Ministry of Finance. He received his
doctorate and master's degrees in Economics from Southern Methodist
University, and his bachelor's degree from Seoul National University.
In-Ho Lee
In-Ho Lee has been
elected as an independent director in 2010 with responsibilities on the
Audit Committee and the Internal Transaction Committee. His profession
in the financial industry continues more than four decades, including
his career in Shinhan Bank which started as a foundation member in 1982
and continued to President & CEO from 1999 to 2003 and Vice
Chairman from 2003 to 2005. After his directorship as a CEO in Shinhan
Financial Group from 2005 to 2009, Mr. Lee is currently the Corporate
Advisor of Shinhan Bank. He received a bachelor's degree in Economics
from Yonsei University.
Oh-Soo Park
Oh-Soo
Park has been a member of Samsung Electronics' board of directors
since 2006 and is an independent director with responsibilities on the
Audit Committee, Outside Director Recommendation Committee, Internal
Transaction Committee and the Compensation Committee. He has been a
business and academic leader for more than two decades, serving as Dean
of the Business School at Seoul National University, Chairman of the
Korean Human Resources Management Institute and as a visiting professor
at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Dr. Park is the
independent director of Korean Air's board of directors and is a
professor of the College of Business Administration at Seoul National
University. He received his doctorate in Business Administration from
Pennsylvania State University, and his master's and bachelor's Business
degrees from Seoul National University.