Young-Ho Kim

Young-Ho (YH) Kim is the Vice Chairman of Global Business Management with KCC Corporation. His career, spanning more than 45 years, began with Yulsan Ind. Co., Ltd. in 1975 as General Manager, Sales & Marketing Building Materials, in the Saudi Arabia branch office. He then spent four years as General Manager of Sales & Marketing specializing in marine, energy & environmental equipment and tools at Gadelius Korea, Ltd., which later merged into ABB Korea, Ltd. YH then moved on to KCC Corporation in 1982 and spent 24 years in various roles including General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination, General Manager R&D Administration, Executive Vice President Overseas Business, Senior Executive Vice President Production/Technology/Engineering and R&D and Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy. Young-Ho then went to Hyundai Paint Inc. Co., Ltd. in 2007 where he would spend the next year as President of the Paints & Coatings Business. In 2010, Mr. Kim held the role of Senior Executive Vice President of KCC Corporation’s Global Business, after which he was promoted to his current role as Vice Chairman, Global Business Management. Full of strategic insight, YH is a born salesman with diversified experience, in-depth knowledge of sales & marketing operations and is driven in the areas of growth and profit.