SK Group will hold its annual CEO meeting – one of the biggest gatherings of its top executives – in Paris this week to discuss its management strategies amid the backdrop of rising global uncertainties, according to industry sources on Monday. About 30 CEOs, together with Chairman Chey Tae-won, Executive Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won and SK Discovery Vice Chairman Chey Chang-won, will participate in this ye.
Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, marked his 25th anniversary as chief on Sept. 1. The chairman has led the group from being the fifth-largest conglomerate to the second-largest conglomerate. He has emphasized the need for deep change to ensure the group s continued growth, according to industry officials, Friday.
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won encouraged employees to actively express their opinions so that they can find solutions together and emphasized that speaking out is the starting point of deep changes, fundamental innovation and happiness.
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won chose to support Busan s bid to host the World Expo 2030, instead of attending Monday s opening ceremony of the conglomerate s annual Icheon Forum at Grand Walkerhill Seoul.
Major companies such as Samsung and SK are holding consecutive strategic meetings to discuss measures for the second half of the year in response to market changes to secure future growth opportunities. The changes they seek to address include the transition to an endemic phase, prolonged global economic uncertainty and uncertainties in domestic companies management due to the escalating U.S.-China power rivalry and supply chain disruptions.