[CEO 돋보기] SK Chairman Choi Tae-won, head of the Korean Award, expands business presence

‘First’ among the total number of 4 major groups… Chairman Choi Tae-won “Contemplating the role for the business and national economy”
Expected to serve as a communication channel between the government and companies… ‘Homework’ for resolving corporate regulation legislation

SK Chairman Choi Tae-won, who is expanding his presence by leading the 4th group general meeting, will take over as the chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. As Korea Sang-Ang is an organization representing the economic world, it is expected that Chairman Choi’s status will increase to the fullest and his influence will expand throughout the business world.

Most of all, as the economic world is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the recent coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and corporate regulation legislation, the position of Chairman Choi in the business world will be more solid in the future. It is expected to set.

◆’First’ among the total number of four groups… “Contemplating the role for the commercial and national economy”

The Seoul Chancellor held a regular presidency meeting at the Chamber Lounge on the 20th floor of the Sangha Hall in Jung-gu, Seoul at 9 am, and unanimously elected Chairman Tae-won Choi as the chairman of the Seoul Chancellor.

Seoul Chancellor Park Yong-man said to Chairman Tae-won Choi, “I am at an inflection point where the era of the 4th industry is coming, and from my own experience, I think that it is a suitable person to look forward to the future.” He is qualified and thinks a lot about win-win, environment, and social values, so I think he’s a better candidate at the moment.”

Chairman Choi Tae-won, who was solely elected as the chairman of the Seoul Prize, expressed his official position, saying, “Thank you for the appointment,” and “I will consider what I can do for the business and the national economy.”

Chairman Choi will be finally elected as chairman at the extraordinary general meeting held on the 23rd of this month. In addition, according to the custom of the Seoul Prize’s chairman as the Chairman of the Korean Prize, he will be officially appointed as the Chairman of the Korean Prize at the General Assembly of the Korean Prize, scheduled to be held on March 23 or 24.

This is the first time that the heads of four major groups, including Samsung, Hyundai Motors, LG, and SK, have been elected as chairmen of the Seoul and Korea Awards. Among previous SK Group owners, Chairman Choi is the first to have a chairman of the Daehan Award. His father, the late Chairman Choi Jong-hyun, served as the president of the National Federation of Businessmen (FKI) and served as a business representative.

◆ Expected to serve as a communication channel between the government and companies… ‘Homework’ to resolve corporate regulation legislation

As Chairman Choi takes over as the chairman of the Korea Award, his role theory is expected to rise again. In the business world, as the economic community is struggling with the prolonged Corona 19 and various corporate regulatory legislation being promoted by the government, it is expected that Chairman Choi with’communication leadership’ will be able to actively play the role of communication channel between the government and companies. .

Most of all, as Chairman Choi is known as the eldest of the four groups, it is expected that he will be able to more actively represent the position of the business community. In fact, Chairman Choi, 61 years old this year, is considered the’oldest brother’ among the four major groups that have changed generations as a young general. He is leading the’Four General Leaders’ Meeting’ by demonstrating the casual’horizontal leadership’.

In front of Chairman Choi, who begins his term of office at the end of March, there is a homework that needs to be resolved immediately, such as the Severe Disaster Penalty Act.

On the 28th of last month, Chairman Park Yong-man, meeting with the Party’s Regulatory Innovation Promotion Team, such as Kim Tae-nyeon, the Democratic Party’s in-house representative, suggested several times, “As the chairman of the Sang Sang, we need to improve the legal system in a large framework for more than 7 years and open the door to all possible opportunities. However, it was regrettable that it was difficult to find a way for the opposition parties to solve the problem at the pan-national assembly level.” He suggested 32 innovative legislative tasks.

He appealed, “I sincerely ask the National Assembly to deal with long-term untreated bills that have a great impact on the country and society and bills that can increase industrial metabolism, especially bills that have been verified as sandboxes.”

An official from the 4th group said, “The story that Tae-won Choi will serve as the chairman of the Daehan Sang has been spoken since last year,” and said, “Chairman Choi has excellent leadership and showmanship, and is evaluated as having a leading capability in terms of management.” Explained. He emphasized, “Also, as an elder among the four major groups, it is expected that he will be able to play a role as a communication channel to collect corporate opinions and communicate those opinions to the National Assembly and society.”

On the other hand, the Korean Chamber of Commerce is the nation’s largest comprehensive economic organization ranging from SMEs to large corporations, with 180,000 member companies nationwide. The National Federation of Entrepreneurs (Jeon Gyeongryeon) has strengthened its position as a representative economic organization in Korea while its status weakened as it went through the crisis of Choi Soon-sil in 2016.

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