Corporate Governance

Pulmuone continuously strives to establish “Advanced Governance” that provides for a system of checks and balances between the Board of Directors and Management.
Independent Directors
Lee Kyoung Mi
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2019 - Mar 2025(March 2019)

Career History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D.
Business School of Seoul National University, Graduate school of Business Seoul National University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D
Professor at Yeonsei School of Business
Present: Professor at Business School of Seoul National University
Board Committee

Lead Director of Board
Audit Committee
Independent Director Recommendation Committee
Pulmuone General CEO Recommendation Committee

Gender

Female

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Kim Young Whan
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2020 - Mar 2023(March 2020)

Career History

Master/Ph.D. of KAIST School of Computing
Executive Vice President at KT CR (Corporate Relation) Department
KT networks CEO
Visiting Professor of KAIST School of Computing
Associate Professor of KAIST Convergence AMP
Present: Director/CEO of AIRI (Artificial Intelligence Research Institute)
Present: Adjunct Professor of KAIST School of Computing

Board Committee

Audit Committee
Independent Director Recommendation Committee
Pulmuone General CEO Recommendation Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Shim Sue Ohk
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2020 - Mar 2023(March 2020)

Career History
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Ewha Womans University
Executive Vice President in Samsung Electronics Global Marketing
Senior Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics Global Marketing
Research Associate Professor of Business School at Sungkyunkwan University
Present: Professor of EMBA at Sungkyunkwan University
Board Committee

Strategy Committee
ESG Committee
Independent Director Evaluation Committee

Gender

Female

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Won Hye Young
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2021 - Mar 2024(March 2021)

Career History

Mayor of Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province
The First Leader of Democratic United Party
Present: Co-president of Well Dying Movement

Board Committee

Strategy Committee
Compensation Committee
ESG Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Kim Duk kyun
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2021 - Mar 2024(March 2021)

Career History
KEB Hana Bank Branch Manager/RM
Managing Director of Planning and Coordination Office at Tmax Group
Present: Head of PE Division at IBK Investment & Securities
Board Committee

Independent Director Evaluation Committee
Compensation Committee
ESG Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Han Chan sik
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2022 - Mar 2025(March 2022)

Career History

Chief Prosecutor of Eastern District Prosecutor's Office
Present: President Lawyer of Law Firm Amicus

Board Committee

Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Independent Director Recommendation Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Kim Woo jin
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2022 - Mar 2025(March 2022)

Career History
Present: Professor of Finance, Seoul National University Business School
Present: Member of Discipline committee at Market Oversight Commission in Korea Exchange
Present: Member of Compliance committee at Samsung
Board Committee

Audit Committee
Strategy Committee
Independent Director Recommendation Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Lee Ji yoon
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

April 2022 - April 2025(April 2022)

Career History

Chairperson of Seoul Facilities Corporation
Present: Non-executive Director of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
Present: Executive Advisor of FlesimanHillard Korea

Board Committee

Strategy Committee
ESG Committee
Independent Director Evaluation Committee

Gender

Female

Liability insurance coverage status

O

*Under Commercial Act in Korea, directors are engaging in up to two other mandates.

Executive directors
Lee Hyo-yul
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2022 - Mar 2025(March 2013)

Career History

Pulmuone Foods CEO
Present: Pulmuone General CEO

Board Committee

Business Management Committee
Strategy Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Other Non-executive Director
Nam Seung-woo
Term of office(Status of initial appointment date)

Mar 2018 - Mar 2024(March 2018)

Career History

Pulmuone General CEO
Present: Chairman of Pulmuone

Board Committee

Chairperson of Board
Strategy Committee
Pulmuone General CEO Recommendation Committee

Gender

Male

Liability insurance coverage status

O

Process of Independent Director Nomination

Non-executive Directors are appointed at the Shareholders’ Meeting after recommendation by Non-executive Director Candidate Recommendation Committee among the candidate pool of outside experts who have sufficient expertise and experiences in management, economy, accounting, laws, food and beverage industry, etc. These candidates can therefore properly monitor and give advice on the company management with an objective point of view. Those who can present new and diverse views at the Board, regardless of their race, gender, region of birth, or area of expertise, are selected as candidates.

Target Percentage of Independent Directors

The company aims to maintain that Independent Directors comprise at least 50% of the board.

Independence Requirements for the Board of Directors

Pulmuone non-executive directors are not engaged to the Company and defined as those who meet the following requirements to define the independence of non-executive directors.
In addition, the independence of the board of directors is disclosed transparently via the integrated report.

  • 1Independent directors are directors who are not engaged in the regular business of the company currently or within the latest 2 years as directors, executive directors or employees.
  • 2 Independent directors are directors who are not the principal, his/her spouse, lineal ascendants, and lineal descendants.
    - In cases where the largest shareholder is a corporation, independent directors must not be directors, auditors, executive directors or employees of the corporation.
  • 3Independent directors are directors who haven’t received compensation of more than USD 60,000 from the company, a parent company, and a subsidiary for 12 months within the latest three years (including the principal and his/her family).
  • 4Independent directors are directors who are not the spouses, lineal ascendants, and lineal descendants of directors, auditors or executive directors of the company.
  • 5Independent directors are not directors, auditors, executive directors or employees of a parent company or a subsidiary company of the company.
  • 6Independent directors are directors who are not an advisor or consultant of the company.
  • 7Independent directors are directors who don’t have a significant interest in the company, such relations with the company’s clients and suppliers.
  • 8Independent directors are not an employee of a corporation that has entered into an agreement with the company for advisory services as a main legal advisor or business consultant.
  • 9Independent directors are directors who don’t have a significant interest in the NGOs that receive a significant amount of grants from the company.
  • 10Independent directors are not directors, auditors, executive directors or employees of another company for which directors, executive directors and employees of the company serve as directors and executive directors.
  • 11Independent directors are directors who don’t have conflicts of interest defined as the acts to violate the independency of BOD.