Samsung Electronics Hires Governance Expert Oh Daniel as Vice President of IR Team

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Kim] Samsung Electronics recently recruited a corporate governance expert who previously worked at ISS, the world's largest proxy advisory firm, and BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company.

According to Samsung Electronics' business report on the 10th, Samsung Electronics hired Daniel Oh (48), who worked at the global consulting firm Morrow Sodali last month, as Vice President of the IR team. This is the second-highest position in Samsung Electronics' IR team, following Vice President Byunghoon Seo (Head of IR team).

Vice President Oh graduated from the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and worked as an executive at ISS (2008?2013) and BlackRock (2014?2016), handling corporate governance restructuring and management rights defense for 20 years.

Morrow Sodali, where Vice President Oh worked for two years starting in 2019, is a consulting firm with offices in New York, USA, and London, UK. It mainly performs corporate governance restructuring and shareholder meeting strategy planning.

In light of these points, Vice President Oh is expected to be involved in corporate governance issues and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management at Samsung Electronics.

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