HMM announced on the 26th that it appointed Choi Won-hyuk, former president of LX Pantos, as the new chief executive officer at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, during its 49th regular shareholders' meeting and board of directors meeting.
The new chief executive officer, Choi, is a logistics expert with over 40 years of experience in the global logistics industry, including at CJ Logistics.
From 2019 to 2023, he served as the president of the Korea Integrated Logistics Association. In 2022, he received the Silver Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit at the 30th Korea Logistics Awards.
At the HMM shareholders' meeting that day, in addition to President Choi, Lee Jeong-yeop, an executive in the container institutional sector, was newly appointed as an inside director, and Seo Geun-woo was reappointed as an outside director.