Shin Hak-cheol Travels to the U.S. to Recruit Talent in Battery, Eco-friendly, and Bio Fields

LG Chem Global Talent Recruitment Event
Over 40 North American University Master's and PhD Candidates Attend

Shin Hak-cheol, Vice Chairman of LG Chem, visited the United States for the third consecutive year to recruit global talent. The visit included key R&D executives such as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and heads of research institutes from each business division.

LG Chem announced on the 3rd that "on the 31st of last month, we invited about 40 master's and doctoral candidates from over 20 major universities in North America, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, Stanford University, and the California Institute of Technology, to hold a recruitment event called the 'BC (Business & Campus) Tour' at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York, USA." The attendees are specialists in innovative technologies that will accelerate LG Chem's three new growth engines: next-generation battery materials, eco-friendly and bio materials, innovative new drug development, and carbon reduction technologies.

Vice Chairman Shin said, "Some may call this unpredictable time an era of crisis and uncertainty, but I rather see it as a moment full of opportunities where everything is possible." He added, "If outstanding talents like you join us, LG Chem's future?leading the battery materials market and strengthening low-carbon leadership even in the U.S.?will be realized faster and more clearly."

Vice Chairman Shin shared the current status and direction of change in LG Chem's new growth engine R&D and directly addressed questions from the attendees through a roundtable discussion.

Shin Hak-cheol, Vice Chairman of LG Chem (center), is conversing with talents attending the 'BC Tour,' an excellent talent recruitment event held in New York, USA.
[Photo by LG Chem]

Key executives in R&D from each business division explained major tasks and technology trends in growth engine fields such as ▲ sustainable materials and solutions ▲ technology vision for battery materials ▲ R&D challenges for global new drug development.

LG Chem has selected battery materials, eco-friendly sustainable business, and global innovative new drugs as its three new growth engines, aiming to increase the sales proportion in these areas from 21% (6.6 trillion KRW) in 2022 to 57% (40 trillion KRW) by 2030, driving a major portfolio transformation into a ‘top global science company.’

The ‘BC Tour’ is a representative global talent acquisition activity where key executives communicate directly with outstanding local talents and conduct on-site interviews in connection with their business trip schedules.

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