OURHOME held a temporary shareholders' meeting and board of directors meeting on the 16th, during which it appointed Kim Tae-won, head of the Hanwha Galleria Future Business Task Force (vice president), as the new CEO. In addition to CEO Kim, four others were named as new inside directors.
CEO Kim graduated from the law department at Seoul National University and joined Hanwha Group in 2016, serving in various roles including ▲ head of strategy at Hanwha Galleria ▲ strategic director for construction and institutional sector services at Hanwha Group ▲ manager of the luxury goods department at Galleria Department Store ▲ head of the merchandise division at Hanwha Galleria ▲ and head of the Future Business Task Force.
CEO Kim has contributed to establishing future strategies and promoting new business initiatives in the institutional sector of Hanwha Group's retail services, drawing on various field experiences. He is recognized for significantly enhancing the competitiveness of the department store sector by attracting rare global brands and introducing differentiated VIP services.
Since last year, he has led the Hanwha Galleria Future Business Task Force, working to discover new revenue sources in the retail services sector, including Galleria. Particularly since the signing of the acquisition contract for OURHOME, he has played a key role in ensuring the contract's successful completion through thorough on-site inspections and continuous negotiations.
CEO Kim aims to strengthen the restaurant and food manufacturing capabilities of OURHOME, based on its existing competitiveness in the institutional sector and food distribution, to leap forward as the "No. 1 comprehensive food company" in the country. He noted, "As a member of Hanwha, OURHOME, standing at a new starting point, will continue to pursue many changes and innovations so that it can lead the domestic and international food markets."