Dongwon Group on the 31st carried out executive appointments at the CEO level for 2026.
Dongwon Systems named Yoon Sung-no, head of the packaging sales division (54), as head of the packaging business unit. The new head, Yoon Sung-no, joined Dongwon Group in 1997 and has held roles including head of management support at Dongwon Construction Industry and Dongwon F&B, and head of talent strategy in the holding division at Dongwon Industries. Yoon plans to focus on strengthening competitiveness in food packaging such as cans, PET, and glass bottles, as well as in new businesses such as aseptic filling beverages.
Lee Jin-uk, head of strategic planning at Dongwon Industries (50), was selected as the new CEO of Dongwon Technology Investment, a subsidiary and corporate venture capital (CVC) arm. Dongwon Technology Investment is a CVC that Dongwon Group established and registered in 2022, the first among general holding companies. It is discovering strategic investment corporations that can create synergy with the group's businesses and is pushing to foster new businesses. Born in 1975, the new CEO, Lee Jin-uk, is a finance and accounting expert who worked in the financial sector at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in Japan, BNP Paribas, and The Export-Import Bank of Korea, and served as CFO and head of finance at DL Chemical.
Dongwon Home Food also named Jeong Hae-cheol, executive director (50) of the overseas business division at Dongwon F&B, as head of its China subsidiary. Executive director Jeong is a global food expert who has served as head of the overseas business division at Dongwon F&B. He is expected to focus on strengthening competitiveness in the seasonings business. Dongwon Home Food's China subsidiary produces seasonings such as sauces, dressings, and seasonings and supplies them to Korean food corporations that have entered the local market.
A Dongwon Group official said, "The three key words of these appointments can be summed up as professionalism, global, and new businesses," and added, "We carried out CEO-level appointments to bring in young talent with potential and expertise to strengthen competitiveness in each business division."