Hanwha Co., Ltd. Appoints Byeon Hyeryeong, KAIST Associate Professor, as New Outside Director

Resolution by the Board on the 2nd... Decision at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on the 28th

Associate Professor Hyeryeong Byeon, KAIST. Photo by Hanwha Co., Ltd.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seoyoon] On the 2nd, Hanwha Corporation announced that its board of directors resolved to appoint Byeon Hyeryeong, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), as an outside director.

Hanwha Corporation stated, "Since the existing outside director Park Sangmi (professor at the Department of International Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) was appointed as a UNESCO ambassador last month and resigned before the end of her term, we proceeded with the appointment of a new outside director."

Associate Professor Byeon Hyeryeong of KAIST is an expert in the fields of chemistry and energy. She has achieved various results in basic research for the development of next-generation batteries, including the development of high-efficiency lithium-oxygen batteries.

In 2018, she received the Young Scientist Award of the Year from the Ministry of Science and ICT, and in 2021, she was elected as a member of the Korean Academy of Next Generation Science and Technology, a gathering of leading scientists in the field.

Hanwha Corporation is currently shifting its business direction towards energy, materials, equipment, and infrastructure by securing competitiveness in the inorganic chemistry sector through recent business restructuring and actively advancing its secondary battery process equipment business.

Hanwha Corporation stated that it believes Associate Professor Byeon Hyeryeong can contribute to enhancing corporate and shareholder value based on her deep understanding of inorganic chemistry and energy fields.

The appointment of Associate Professor Byeon Hyeryeong as an outside director of Hanwha Corporation will be decided at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on the 28th.

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