Public Notice

Board

Kakao aims to maximize corporate values and shareholders’ interest
through corporate management transparency.

Within the board are four sub-committees (Audit Committee, Directors Nominating Committee, Compensation Committee and ESG Committee). The chairmanship of the board is reserved for an Outside director to enhance the corporate management transparency and ensure a maximum increase in corporate values and shareholders’ interest.

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Inside director

Inside director
Name / Board Position Job Title Professional & Educational Background Terms
Eun-taek, Hong
CEO.
Member of ESG Committee.
Member of Directors Nominating Committee.
- Oriental History, Seoul National University
- Chief Business Officer, Kakao
- Social impact Executive Vice President, Kakao
- CEO, KakaoMakers
- CEO, KakaoCommerce
- Co-Head of Corporate Alignment Center, Kakao
- (Current) CEO, Kakao
2 years (March 29, 2022 – )
Jae-hyun, Bae Inside Director
General of Investment, Kakao Corporate Alignment Council
- Business Management, Sogang University
- Director of Future Strategy Office, CJ Corp.
- Team leader of Big Deal, Kakao
- Head of Investment Strategy dep., Kakao
- CIO, Kakao
- (Current) General of Investment, Kakao Corporate Alignment Council
2 years (March 28, 2023 – )
Shina, Chung Other non-executive director
General of Business, Kakao Corporate Alignment Council
- French and French Literature / Business Administration, Yonsei University
- Marketing, Master of Business Administration, Yonsei University
- Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan
- Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
- Manager of Strategy and Business Development, eBay APAC HQ
- General Manager, NHN
- Managing Partner, Kakao Ventures
- (Current) CEO, Kakao Ventures
- (Current) General of Business, Kakao Corporate Alignment Council
2 years (March 28, 2023 – )

Independent
director

Independent
director
Name / Board Position Job Title Professional & Educational Background Terms
Seok, Yun
Chairman of the Board.
Chairman of Audit Committee.
Member of Compensation Committee.
- Bachelor degree of Business Management, Yonsei University
- MBA at NYU
- Managing director, head of equity research, Credit Suisse (Korea)
- Managing director, head of wholesale business/head of research center, Samsung Securities
- CIO (Executive Vice President), Samsung Asset Management
- CEO, Samsung Active Asset Management
- Adviser, Samsung Active Asset Management
- (Current) CEO, Yun & Co
- (Current) Professor of Business Administration at Sookmyung Women's University
2 years (March 28, 2023 – )
Se-jung, Choi
Chairman of Directors Nominating Committee.
Chairman of ESG Committee.
Member of Audit Committee.
- Ph.D. in Mass Media (Advertising), Michigan State University
- Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, The University of Texas at Austin
- Outside director, JTBC Mediacom
- Vice President, Korea Advertising Society
- President, Korea Media Management Association
- Editor-in-chief, The Korean Journal of Advertising and Public Relations
- (Current) Professor, School of Media and Communication, Korea University
- (Current) utside director and Chairman of the ESG Committee, GIIR Corporation
2 years (March 28, 2023 – )
Sun-kyung, Shin
Chairman of Compensation Committee.
Member of Audit Committee.
Member of Directors Nominating Committee.
- College of Law (LL.B.), Seoul National University
- Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
- Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University
- Stanford Law School, USA (LL.M.)
- Shin & Kim LLC (Finance Partner)
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Capital Markets
- (Current) Present Partner, LIWU Law Group
- (Current) Member of Finance Dispute Mediation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service
- (Current) Member of MBC personnel committee
- (Current) Member of the Seoul Administrative Appeals Commission
2 years (March 28, 2023 – )
Sae-rom, Park
Member of ESG Committee.
Member of Compensation Committee.
- Doctor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University
- Researcher, Industrial and Mathematical Date Analytics Research Center, Seoul National University
- Assistant Professor of Department of Convergence Security Engineering, Sungshin Women's University
- (Current) Assistant Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering, UNIST
2 years (March 28, 2023 – )