[New Year's Message] Jang Dong-hyun, President of SK Inc., "Focused Development on Materials, Green, Bio, and Digital"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park So-yeon] On the 4th, Jang Dong-hyun, President of SK Inc., stated in his New Year's address, "As a holding company, we must set an example and lead the SK Group by achieving remarkable results."

President Jang said, "The financial story to be practiced from this year is SK's unique Deep Change realization method, which incorporates various tools SK possesses to make promises to and be evaluated by the market and society."

He emphasized, "Liquidity is overflowing in the market, and corporate values that are difficult to explain with existing investment indicators are being created. To be chosen as a market top-pick, there must be concrete stories that give stakeholders confidence and expectations and fulfill them."

To this end, he said, "In 2021, we must focus on nurturing the four major growth engines: 'Materials, Green, Bio, and Digital,' and build and rapidly expand an investment ecosystem. In the semiconductor and battery sectors, we should strengthen an ecosystem centered on high value-added advanced materials and lead the hydrogen market by utilizing existing energy business capabilities."

He added, "In the bio sector, we will secure a full pipeline from synthetic new drugs to bio new drugs, and in the digital sector, we must continuously lead the artificial intelligence tech field to enhance the digital capabilities of the entire group."

He also stressed, "To avoid being perceived as simple individual investments, investment and portfolio management must be organically linked, and by participating with various partners, we should increase the ripple effect on society and uphold our status as a global top company."

President Jang said, "Along with continuous efforts to develop the corporate story, we must actively communicate with the market and society to create empathy. We need to seriously consider the role of the company to gain social sympathy and trust, and, as we have done well so far, we must all strive to create greater value of hope and happiness by demonstrating new entrepreneurship."

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