Management Information

Board of Directors

Executive director

Gang-hyun Seo President
  • Date of appointment:

    Dec. 28, 2023

  • Term of office:

    2.3 years

  • Date of initial Appointment:

    Dec. 28, 2023

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Bachelor’s degree in International Economics at Seoul National University

  • Career:

    Current) President of Hyundai Steel

    Former) Head of Planning and Finance Division at Hyundai Motor Company

Won-bae Kim Head of Sales Division
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 22, 2023

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 22, 2023

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering at Dong-a University

  • Career:

    Current) Executive Vice President & the Head of Long Products Business Division at Hyundai Steel​

    Former) Head of the Sheet Material Division at Hyundai Steel​

Bo-ryong Lee Head of Production Division
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 25, 2025

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 25, 2025

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Younsei University

  • Career:

    Current): Vice President and Head of the Steel Products Division at Hyundai Steel

    Former) Head of the R&D Center at Hyundai Steel

Kwang-pyung Kim Head of Finance Management Division
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 26, 2024

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 26, 2024

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Korea University

  • Career:

    Current) Executive Director and Head of the Finance Division at Hyundai Steel

    Former) Head of Finance Division at Hyundai Engineering & Construction

  • Concurrent position:

    Non-Executive Director at Hyundai BNG Steel

Independent director

Jung-han Yoo
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 26, 2024

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 23, 2021

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University of Washington

  • Career:

    Current) Professor in the Department of Architecture,
    Seoul National University of Science and Technology

    Former) Vice President of the Korean Society of Steel Construction

Geum-joo Jahng
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 26, 2024

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 23, 2021

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Ph.D. in Business Administration, Yonsei University

  • Career:

    Current) Professor in the Department of Business Administration, the University of Seoul

    Former) Vice President of the Korean Association for Accounting and Policy

  • Concurrent position:

    Independent director at OLIVE YOUNG​

Ji-soon Park
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 25, 2025

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 23, 2022

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Ph.D. in Law, the University of Augsburg

  • Career:

    Current) Professor at Korea University School of Law

    Former) President of the Korean Social Security Law Association

  • Concurrent position:

    Independent director at LOTTE CHEMICAL

Seung-ah Cho
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 26, 2024

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 26, 2024

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Ph.D. in Business Strategy, Columbia University

  • Career:

    Current) Professor at the College of Business Administration, Seoul National University

    Former) Vice President of the Korean Society of Strategic Management

  • Concurrent position:

    Independent director at KT (Korea Telecom)

Young-kook Lee
  • Date of appointment:

    Mar. 25, 2025

  • Term of office:

    3 years

  • Date of initial appointment:

    Mar. 25, 2025

  • Liability insurance subscription status:

    Subscribed

  • Education:

    Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University

  • Career:

    Current) Professor in Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University

    Former) Vice President of Academic affairs at the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

Diversity and Independence Guideline

Hyundai Steel strives to constitute the Board of Directors with a variety of directors in consideration of the interests of various stakeholders such as shareholders or customers, for the Board of Directors making important decisions based on a broader perspective.

Expertise
  • 1) Compulsory expertise: Industry, management (organization operation), economy, law, accounting, environment
  • 2) Specific expertise: Having the necessary expertise as a director of a steel company such as global experience, risk management, etc.
  • 3) Experience of Independent Director: Understanding of the duty of Independent Directors
Diversity
  • 1) Nationality: Discovering a group of candidates of various nationalities for the establishment of global advanced governance structure
  • 2) Age: Improving the efficiency of the Board of Director harmonizing the flexible response to the change of business environment with experience and knowledge
  • 3) Gender: Applying the principle of gender equality for operating the Board of Director with diverse perspectives
  • 4) Experience and Background: Taking into account the characteristic of Korean society, yet rejecting the bias of certain origin
  • 5) The other: Consider other diversities such as race, religion, ethnic group, etc.
Recommendation
Taking advantage of various and independent way of recommendation for the benefits of various stakeholders. The Board of Directors shall ensure the composition of the Board reflects the aforementioned diversity requirements evenly through ‘Diversity Validation’ in determining the direction of the Board’s formation.
Hyundai Steel will strive to operate its Board of Directors more effectively with various perspectives and experiences, in consideration of every element within the law of Republic of Korea.
Record on Enactment and Revision
  • Guideline upon Independence and Diversity of Independent Directors Enacted in February, 2018
  • Guideline upon Independence and Diversity of Independent Directors Revised in March, 2020
  • Guideline upon Independence and Diversity of Independent Directors Revised in May, 2021
  • Guideline upon Independence and Diversity of Independent Directors Revised in May, 2022

Hyundai Steel organizes a majority of its directors as Independent Directors.

In addition, all directors are appointed by presenting individual agenda items at the general shareholders' meeting, so that they can faithfully perform their duties as Independent Directors. Hyundai Steel prohibits concurrent offices as directors, executive officers, and auditors of two or more other companies. Hyundai Steel abides by domestic commercial law and other related laws in order to verify the independence of Independent Directors, and also establishes independence requirements which apply or more stringent than global code; the Board of Director and Independent Director Candidate Candidate Recommendation Committee shall determine the independence of a candidate of, and an incumbent director based on these requirements. Independent Directors are directors who are not members of the company’s executive directors, and are not in any of the following subparagraph. Those applicable to any of these subparagraphs will lose their position:

  • Directors, executive officers and employees of the company, or directors, auditors, executive officers or employees who have been in the executive position of the company within the last two years;
  • The largest shareholder him/herself, or his/her spouse and direct ancestor or descendant
  • Director, auditor, executive officer, and employee of the corporation, if corporation being the largest shareholder;
  • Spouse, direct ancestor or descendant of a director, auditor, and executive director;
  • Director, auditor, executive officer and employee of the parent company or subsidiary of the company
  • Directors, auditors, executive officers and employees of a corporation with important interests, such as the business relation like a significant customer or supplier of the company 
  • Director, auditor, executive officer, and employee of other companies in which the directors, executive officers and employees of the Company are directors or executive officers;
  • Director, auditor, executive officer, and employee of a corporation whose combined trading performance with the company in the last three business year is 10% or more than the company’s total assets or operating profits
  • Directors, auditors, executive officers and employees of a corporation that has entered into a single trading contract with the Company for an amount equal to 10% or more than its total sales during the recent business year.
  • The director must not accept or have a Family Member who accepts any payments from the company or any parent or subsidiary of the company in excess of $60,000 during the current fiscal year or any of the past three fiscal years
  • The director must not be (and must not be affiliated with a company that is) an adviser or consultant to the company or a member of the company’s senior management

In addition to the requirements above, the Board of Directors shall consider comprehensively how a director is related to the company in determining its independence, including the domestic and international circumstances and that of directors and the company.

BSM (Business Skills Matrix)

BSM (Business Skills Matrix)
Classification Executive director Independent director
Gang-hyun Seo Won-bae Kim Bo-ryong Lee Kwang-pyung Kim Jung-han Yoo Geum-joo Jahng Ji-soon Park Seung-ah Cho Young-kook Lee
Competency Indicator Leadership 100%
  CEO experience 22%
  CFO experience 22%
  Finance/Accounting​ 33%
  Management/Economics 56%
  Production/R&D 44%
  Legal/Regulatory 11%
Diversity Indicator Year of initial appointment   2023 2023 2025 2024 2021 2021 2022 2024 2025
  Year of birth   1968 1966 1965 1969 1969 1971 1967 1967 1964
  Gender   Male Male Male Male Male Female Male Female Male

Status of external auditors

Status of external auditors
Corporate name Date of appointment Contract duration
Deloitte Anjin LLC Jan. 1, 2025 2025~2027

Composition status of subcommittees within the board of directors

Audit Committee

Auditing the company’s accounting and operations, and requiring reports related to sales Investigating the company’s operations and financial condition, etc.

Independent director: Geum-joo Jahng (Chairperson), Jung-han Yoo, Ji-soon Park, Young-kook Lee

Transparency Management Committee

Review of internal transaction transparency, promotion of ethical management, and protection of shareholders’ rights and interests, etc.

Independent director: Jung-han Yoo (Chairperson), Geum-joo Jahng, Ji-soon Park, Seung-ah Cho, Young-kook Lee

Independent Director Candidate Recommendation Committee

Recommendation of Candidates for Independent directors

  • Independent director: Ji-soon Park (Chairperson), Jung-han Yoo
  • Executive director: Gang-hyun Seo

Compensation Committee

Approval of the limit on directors’ renumeration to be submitted to the regular shareholders’ meeting, etc.

  • Independent director: Seung-ah Cho (Chairperson), Geum-joo Jahng
  • Executive director: Kwang-pyung Kim

Operational status

2025년 활동내역
Session Date Agenda Status Participation ratio (total directors) Participation ratio of independent directors
First Regular Board Meeting 2025.01.22 ○ Resolved Agendas
  • Approval of 2025 Safety and Health Plan
  • Approval of 2024 Financial Statements and Business Report
  • Approval of 2025 Business Plan and Budget Allocation Plan
  • Approval of Transactions between the Company and Directors
  • Approval of the Dividend Record Date for the 60th Fiscal Year
Approved 100% 100%
○ Reported Agendas
  • Report on 2024 Internal Accounting Management System Operation Status
  • Report on Compliance Officers Activities
  • Report on Compliance Program Management Status
  • Report on Investment Status in Green Steel in North America
  • Report on Main Safety and Health Agenda Items
- 100% 100%
First Special Board Meeting 2025.02.24 ○ Resolved Agendas
  • Approval of Changes to 2024 Financial Statements
  • Decision of the Convocation of the 60th General Shareholders' Meeting and Approval of the Submitted Agenda Items
Approved 100% 100%
○ Reported Items
  • Report on Evaluation of 2024 Internal Accounting Management System Operation Status
- 100% 100%
Second Special Board Meeting 2025.03.24 ○ Resolved Agenda
  • Approval of Investment in Green Steel in North America
Approved 100% 100%
Third Special Board Meeting 2025.03.25 ○ Resolved Agendas
  • Appointment of Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Appointment of Members of the Transparent Management Committee
  • Appointment of Members of the Independent Director Nomination Committee
  • Approval of Director's Competition
Approved 100% 100%
○ Reported Agenda
  • Report on Main Safety and Health Agenda Items
- 100% 100%
Second Regular Board Meeting 2025.04.24 ○ Resolved Agenda
  • Approval of the Australian Modern Slavery Act Statement
Approved 100% 100%
○ Reported Agenda
  • Report on Operating Performance in Q1 2025
  • Report on the Status of Carbon Neutrality Strategy Execution
- 100% 100%

General meeting of shareholders

The 60th General Meeting of Shareholders

Time and Date: Mar. 25, 2025 (Tuesday) 10:00 A.M. Venue: 217 Jemullyang-ro, Harbor Park Hotel 2nd Floor, Grand Ballroom, Jung-gu, Incheon

Voting rights information

(Unit: Stock)
의결권 행사 현황
Total number of issued shares Total number of shares with voting rights Number of shares present at the meeting Major shareholders and affiliated persons Other information
133,445,785 131,545,739 86,077,142 47,984,428 38,092,714

Voting results by agenda item

안건별 행사 현황
Agenda Percentage of shares Remarks
Approval rate Disapproval rate
No.1: Approval of the financial statements for the 60th financial year (2024) 98.0 2.0 Approved as originally proposed
No.2: Appointment of directors - - -
No.2-1: Appointment of Executive director (Bo-ryong Lee) 99.5 0.5 Approved as originally proposed
No.2-2: Appointment of Executive director (Ji-soon Park) 92.8 7.2 Approved as originally proposed
No.2-3: Appointment of Independent (Young-kook Lee) 85.5 14.5 Approved as originally proposed
No.3: Appointment of audit committee members - - -
No.3-1: Appointment of audit committee member (Ji-soon Park) 83.6 16.4 Approved as originally proposed
No.3-2: Appointment of audit committee member (Young-kook Lee) 86.0 14.0 Approved as originally proposed
No.4: Approval of director’s compensation cap 99.6 0.4 Approved as originally proposed

Dividend History

Dividend History
2020
(56th FY)
2021
(57th FY)
2022
(58th FY)
2023
(59th FY)
2024
(60th FY)
Remarks
Dividends per share KRW 500 KRW 1,000 KRW 1,000 KRW 1,000 KRW 750 ·Net-loss (56th FY)
Total dividends KRW 65.8 billion KRW 131. 5 billion KRW 131. 5 billion KRW 131. 5 billion KRW 98.7 billion
Dividend payout ratio - 9.0% 12.9% 28.5% 96.1%
Dividend rate 1.3% 2.4% 3.1% 3.0% 3.4%

※Dividend payout ratio : The dividend payout ratio is the ratio of the total amount of cash dividends to the consolidated net income for the term (based on the controlling company's equity).

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