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DIRECTORS
& SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Executive Directors
Mr. Kyoo Yoon Choi, aged 62, is the Chairman and Executive Director of the Company and the founder of the Group. He studied at Seoul National University in Korea between 1968 and 1972 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Prior to setting up the Group in Korea in 1984, Mr. Choi had over eight years of experience in the plush toy business at Daewoo Corporation, which was one of the leading conglomerates in Korea at the time. Mr. Choi is responsible for the strategic planning and overall business development of the Group.
Mr. Young M. Lee, aged 55, is the Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Lee has 20 years of working experience in the US in the areas of accounting and finance such as public accounting, consulting to financial institutions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate controllership and investment banking. Prior to joining the Group in May 2001, Mr. Lee was the Managing Director of Kohap (Hong Kong) Ltd., which is the trading and financing arm of a Korean conglomerate, Kohap Ltd.. He is responsible for the overall financial management, strategic and business planning of the Group.
Mr. James Chuan Yung Wang, aged 49, is the Managing Director of Dream International USA. He joined Dream International USA on 1 July 1991 and has been in charge of the Group’s marketing function in the US. Mr. Wang graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1986. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Wang had extensive experience in the fields of logistics and trading from his previous employments with Trans-union Line, KAL Trading Co. and Daewoo America Corp. He was appointed as an Executive Director on 1 April 2005.
Mr. Hyun Ho Kim, aged 45, is currently the Head of accounting department of the Company. He joined the accounting department of C & H Co., Ltd. in October 1994. After nine years of service, Mr. Kim was gradually promoted to the position of general manager before he was relocated to Hong Kong to take charge of the accounting department of the Company in October 2003. Prior to joining C & H Co., Ltd., Mr. Kim acquired eight years of comprehensive accounting experience in Poong Han Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of fabric and yarn, in South Korea. Mr. Kim graduated from the Seok-Yeong University in South Korea, with a bachelor’s degree of Economics in 1995.
Independent non-executive Directors
Professor Cheong Heon Yi, aged 46, received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in business administration from Seoul National University in Korea. Professor Yi was also awarded a philosophy of doctorate degree in accounting in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Yi taught at the University of California, Los Angeles for a year before joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1997. Professor Yi’s research interests include financial reporting and corporate governance. His teaching focuses on financial accounting at the undergraduate level and financial reporting and corporate governance at the postgraduate level. He was appointed as the Company’s Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 November 2003.
Professor Byong Hun Ahn, aged 64, received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea. Professor Ahn awarded a philosophy of doctorate degree in Engineering Economic Systems in 1978 from Stanford University. Professor Ahn has taught at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (ÒKAISTÓ) since 1978 and he is currently teaching at the KAIST Graduate School of Management and acting as a director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Research Center of KAIST. His research interests focus on Economic of Strategy and Stakeholder Theory of Firms, and Corporate Social Responsibility. He is also a consultant of Hynix Corporation in Seoul.
Mr. Tae Woong Kang, aged 50, received his bachelor’s degree in Business from Swinburne University of Technology and master’s degree in Commerce from The University of Melbourne in Australia. He is a CPA member of the CPA Australia. Mr. Kang is the Vice-President of Highpoint Limited, a Hong Kong consulting company providing advisory services on business and MD&A issues. Before joining Highpoint Limited, Mr. Kang had extensive experience in the area of financial management and business restructuring in Hong Kong and Korea.
Senior Management
Mrs. Shin Hee Cha, aged 56, the President of Dream Inko Co., Ltd. Mrs. Cha joined C & H Co., Ltd. in 1984 and has been in charge of the sales and marketing function of the Group. Mrs. Cha was an executive director of the Company from 2006 to 2007 and relocated to Dream Inko Co., Ltd. since 2007. She is the younger sister-in-law of Mr. Kyoo Yoon Choi.
Mr. Sung Sick Kim, aged 59, the President of Dream Vina Co., Ltd. Mr. Kim has been working in the administration of C & H Korea and the Group since 1985 and is in charge of cost control within the Group. Mr. Kim was an executive director of the Company from 1998 to 2003 and relocated to C & H Korea until 2010.
Mr. Dong Wook Cha, aged 50, is the Head of accounting and administration department of the Company. Mr. Cha has over seven years of experience in the field of accounting from his employments with Dongkook Trading Co. and Hyundai Heavy Industrial Co., Ltd. He joined C & H Korea on 1 February 1986 and has been working in the accounting and administrative department of the Group since 1996.
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