SDT Appoints Stanford Professor Junhee Choi and Former SK Finance Head Hae Woong Kang as Outside Directors

Strengthening Comprehensive Capabilities for SDT’s Leap as a Global Quantum Technology Leader

SDT, a company specializing in quantum standard technology, announced on April 21 that it has appointed Junhee Choi, Professor at Stanford University, and Hae Woong Kang, former Head of Finance at SK, as new outside directors.

With the appointment of these new outside directors, SDT is now regarded as having established a foundation that combines technology-driven growth with management stability and governance capabilities, enabling it to accelerate both the research and development and commercialization of quantum technology.

Junhee Choi, Professor at Stanford University

Professor Junhee Choi conducts research on controlling the dynamics of quantum many-body systems to explore fundamental science and implement practical quantum applications. He is recognized as a world-class researcher spanning a wide range of fields, including nonlinear nano-optics, ultrafast phenomena, solid-state and atomic physics, quantum measurement, communications, and information processing. Professor Choi will also participate in the national flagship project for the development of a ytterbium (Yb)-based 1,000-qubit neutral atom QPU platform, in which SDT is involved.

Outside director Hae Woong Kang is currently an advisor at BnH Tax Accounting Corporation. He is a finance expert who gained extensive experience in finance, taxation, and overall management through his roles as Head of Finance at SK and in the finance and tax organizations of SK Energy and SK Innovation. He holds both bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Business Administration at Seoul National University, and is recognized for his strengths in enhancing corporate financial soundness and management systems based on his practical experience accumulated at large corporations.

Jiwon Yoon, CEO of SDT, stated, "The appointment of these outside directors represents an important turning point, not only by further enhancing SDT's technological competitiveness, but also by strengthening essential management transparency, internal controls, and risk management systems in preparation for our IPO." He added, "By bringing together world-class quantum research expertise and large corporation finance and control experience to the board, we will build an even stronger growth system that investors and the market can trust."

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