NH-Amundi Asset Management Holds CEO Meeting with ICGN, International Corporate Governance Organization

NH-Amundi Asset Management announced on the 24th that it held a CEO meeting with Jen Sisson, CEO of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), on the 13th.

At the CEO meeting held on the 13th, Jeongseop Gil, CEO of NH-Amundi Asset Management (third from the left), and Jen Sisson, CEO of the International Corporate Governance Network (third from the right), are taking a commemorative photo.

Established in London in 1995, ICGN is a non-profit international organization dedicated to advancing corporate governance and stewardship. Its members include institutional investors from around the world, collectively managing approximately 100 trillion US dollars in assets.

During the meeting, both parties shared trends in global corporate governance and investor stewardship and exchanged views on NH-Amundi Asset Management's responsible investment activities. In particular, significant attention was given to the perspectives and evaluations of global investors regarding the Korean government's policies aimed at enhancing shareholder value and improving corporate governance.

ICGN identified Korea as a key market of interest and assessed the country's recent institutional reform efforts as a positive starting point. However, it emphasized that with the institutional framework now strengthened, the focus should shift to implementation. ICGN stressed that reforms in fiduciary duty, along with the establishment of a transparent and reliable information disclosure system, must proceed in tandem with substantive improvements in corporate governance. Jen Sisson, CEO of ICGN, stated, "ICGN considers strong shareholder rights, market transparency, and the establishment of reliable corporate governance systems as core priorities. Korea is an important market that has recently demonstrated policy changes related to corporate governance, and through ongoing communication, we will contribute to the global discourse on corporate governance and responsible management."

Jungseop Kil, CEO of NH-Amundi Asset Management, commented, "This meeting was a meaningful opportunity to confirm global institutional investors' keen interest in Korea's corporate governance improvements and to review our direction in responsible investment and stewardship. Moving forward, we will continue to thoroughly examine sustainability (ESG) issues in our investment processes and further strengthen our stewardship activities to fulfill our fiduciary responsibilities."

NH-Amundi Asset Management has continued to collaborate with major international organizations, such as hosting a CEO meeting last year with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the world's largest responsible investment initiative, in order to contribute to improving trust and sustainability in the domestic capital market.

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