POSCO Group (POSCO Holdings) said on the 5th that it carried out a 2026 organizational restructuring and executive appointments. The moves focused on establishing a safety-first management system, systematically executing overseas investments, improving business performance, and strengthening future competitiveness.
The restructuring centered on overhauling to rebuild a safety culture. In line with the groupwide safety organization reinforcement implemented on Sept., the safety specialty subsidiary POSCO Safety Solution was established. Along with this, POSCO and POSCO International each created a Safety, Health and Environment Division and a Safety Planning Office.
POSCO Group created dedicated organizations to drive global investment and digital transformation (DX) through this restructuring. It also set up organizations to reorganize the business portfolio to break away from low profitability and to strengthen the value chain.
At POSCO, a Strategic Investment Division was set up to handle overseas investment projects in India, the United States and elsewhere. The Strategic Investment Division is responsible for executing overseas steel investment projects, steel investment planning, investment engineering and other overall investment execution functions.
At POSCO International, an energy institutional sector was created. The energy institutional sector will strengthen synergy in collaboration among group companies across the entire value chain of liquefied natural gas (LNG; Liquefied Natural Gas), from exploration and production to storage, transportation and power generation.
POSCO E&C integrated the Plant Business Division and the Infrastructure Business Division, reducing executive-level organizations by 20%. POSCO Group said the aim is to become a zero-accident builder, secure sustainable business competitiveness, and strengthen organizational operational efficiency.
POSCO FUTURE M split the Energy Materials Business Division into the Energy Materials Marketing Division and the Energy Materials Production Division. With this, the company plans to respond effectively to market changes by boosting order-winning competitiveness and strengthening production technology capabilities.
POSCO Group also carried out a restructuring to accelerate the push for digital transformation (DX) at group business sites. POSCO International integrated its DX Promotion Team and Digital Innovation Office into the DX Strategy Office, and POSCO FUTURE M created a DX Promotion Team. POSCO DX expanded its existing IT Business Office to support digital transformation across the group.
POSCO Group also put the emphasis of its executive appointments on safety-first management. First, POSCO set a plan to bring in an outside safety expert with experience at a global safety consulting firm and on the ground to head the Safety Planning Office under the Safety, Health and Environment Division. At POSCO E&C, the Safety Planning Office will be headed by Lee Dong-ho, assistant to the president in charge of safety.
The group also made personnel moves to strengthen DX and research and development and to bolster professional staff to oversee investment projects and business management.
Accordingly, Lim Chi-hyeon, an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), was recruited as head of the Group DX Strategy Office at POSCO Holdings, and Yoon Il-yong, head of the AI Technology Center at POSCO DX, was appointed head of the AI Robot Convergence Research Institute at POSCO Holdings. At POSCO, Eom Gyeong-geun, head of the Steel Research Institute, was promoted and appointed head of the Technology Research Institute.
For the P-India corporation head post for the integrated steel mill joint venture with India's JSW, POSCO's flagship overseas project, Cheon Seong-rae, head of the Business Synergy Division at POSCO Holdings, was appointed. Jeong Seok-mo, head of POSCO's Industrial Gas Business Department, was promoted and appointed as the successor head of the Business Synergy Division. Kim Gwang-mu, head of the India Project Promotion Team, was appointed head of the Strategic Investment Division at POSCO.
Jo Jun-su, head of the Gas Business Division at POSCO International, will concurrently serve as head of the energy institutional sector. Noh Ho-seop, head of the Pohang Cathode Materials Office at POSCO FUTURE M, was appointed head of the Energy Materials Production Division, and Yoon Tae-il was promoted and will serve as head of the Energy Materials Production Division.
The group also said it emphasized appointing female leaders with broad experience and expertise. As female executives, Choi Yeong, executive managing director and head of Social Contribution at POSCO Holdings, was appointed chair of POSWELL, and Ahn Mi-seon, senior managing director and head of Procurement and Contracts at POSCO E&C, was appointed CEO of nTUBE.
In addition, Han Yeong-a, head of IR at POSCO Holdings, Oh Ji-eun, head of Technology Strategy at POSCO, and Kim Mi-yeong, head of the IT Business Office at POSCO DX, were each promoted to executive managing director. POSCO Group said 14% of those promoted to executive managing director this time are female executives.