Bahk named Hankook & Co. BoD chairman

Hankook & Company, holding firm for Hankook Tire & Technology, has appointed Bahk Jae-wan chairman of its Board of Directors. The appointment was confirmed at a general meeting of shareholders and board meeting held on 30 March.

Park is a professor emeritus of Sungkyunkwan University who previously served as South Korea’s former Minister of Strategy and Finance, Employment and Labor, and Chief Secretary for State Planning. Until recently he also chaired the Board of Directors at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Hankook comments that Bahk is “considered an expert in the financial and public sector.”