As CJ Group carried out a restructuring of its holding company, Lee Sun-ho, the eldest son of CJ Group Chairman Lee Jay-hyun, became head of the future planning group as head of the CJ Future Planning Office.
CJ Group carried out its regular executive appointments focused on promoting new management leaders on Nov. 18. It also announced an organization restructuring at the "group" level that integrates and reorganizes similar and adjacent functions with the goal of strengthening synergy.
Through this restructuring, the holding company's core functions were clarified as follows: ▲ strengthening the group business portfolio (portfolio strategy group) ▲ future strategy (future planning group) ▲ strategic business support (strategy support group, compliance support group) ▲ talent and culture innovation (HR group).
Lee will serve as head of the future planning group, which discovers the group's future growth engines. In September, Lee, as head of CJ CheilJedang's food growth promotion office, pushed to scale up the global food business. Lee has now returned to the holding company after six years.
While Lee served as head of CJ CheilJedang's food growth promotion office, CJ CheilJedang's overseas sales ratio increased from 47.0% in 2022 to 49.2% in 2024.
In addition, based on experience as head of the BIO business management team, Lee is expected to lead new businesses related to combining CJ's bio and materials.