[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Ki-rak Kim = Kia changed her name to’Kia’ and appointed the first female outside director.
On the 22nd, Kia held the 77th general shareholders’ meeting in the auditorium on the 2nd floor of its headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, ▲approved financial statements ▲partially revised articles of association ▲appointment of internal and external directors ▲appointment of audit committee members ▲approval of the compensation limit for directors, etc. .
Kia changed its name from’Kia Motors Co., Ltd.’ to’Kia Co., Ltd.’. In January of this year, Kia announced its new mission through the’New Kia Brand Showcase’ and decided to move away from the manufacturing industry to become a mobility service provider.
In addition, Kia expanded and reorganized the’Transparent Management Committee’ inside the Board of Directors into the’Sustainable Management Committee’. The Sustainability Management Committee, which will consist only of outside directors, goes beyond the role of the Transparent Management Committee and has the power to deliberate and make decisions on ESG (environmental, social responsibility, governance) policies, plans, and major activities.
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| [서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Ki-rak = [사진=기아] 2021.03.22 [email protected] |
The Sustainability Management Committee will review the safety and health plan established by the company, present opinions on revisions and supplements, and remove internal risk factors such as industrial accidents.
For the first time in history, Kia appointed Professor Hwa-soon Hwa-soon of the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Yonsei University as a female outside director. Professor Cho is also a member of the audit committee. According to the amendment to the Capital Markets Act, listed companies with assets of 2 trillion won or more cannot form a board of directors with a specific gender from August next year, so a new female director has been appointed.
Another outside director was Han Cheol-soo, an advisor to Hwawoo Law Firm. Joon-young Choi, Vice President of Kia Management Support Division, was reappointed as the executive director. The director’s remuneration was set at 8 billion won, as in the previous year.
On the day, Kia President Song Ho-sung said, “Kia intends to set’future business transformation, customer-centered management, and strengthen basic stability’ as the three strategic directions and improve the execution power of the Future Strategy Plan S.”
“2021 will be a very important year for Kia’s brand innovation, business portfolio innovation, and customer-centered innovation to become visible.” It will be realized through change.”
About 120 shareholders attended the shareholders’ meeting on this day. The number of shares attended is 326.6 million, 4038, which is 81.5% of the stocks with voting rights. In order to prevent the spread of Corona 19, Kia checked the fever for attendees and separated the movement of shareholders from the movement of general employees. A separate waiting space was also prepared for shareholders.