Dongbek Park has been appointed as outside director and chairman of the Board.
The South-Korean company Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. has recently announced that it has appointed Dongbek Park as the new outside director of the Board at the annual general shareholders meeting in Ulsan. At the subsequent meeting, Park has also been named chairman
of the Board of Directors.
Born in 1944, the new chairman has a strong and extensive working-experience within the global chemical industry. Before retiring in 2014, Park had in fact worked for several years at Songwon, covering various senior management positions.
“We are very pleased to have Dongbek Park joins us as Chairman of our Board. We welcome his broad background and vast experience in the industry, which will allow us to further strengthen the SONGWON Group. We also thank former members of the Board, Dieter Morath, Markus Oppliger and Gerhard Schlosser for their many years of dedication and commitment,” stated Jongho Park, the CEO of the company.
The Board of Directors at Songwon consists now of four members: Dongbek Park and the 3 executive and inside directors Jongho Park, Hans-Peter Wüest and Choung-Sik Kim.