Yi Hyon Paik

Dr. Paik was the President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung SDI Company from March 2014 to April 2016. Prior to Samsung SDI Company, he was the Executive Vice President and Head of Electronic Materials Business at Samsung Cheil Industries from 2010 to 2013. From 2009 to 2010, Dr. Paik worked at the Dow Chemical Company as its Business Group Vice President and Head of Electronic Materials Business. Before the Dow Chemical Company, he served at the Rohm and Haas Company as Business Group Vice President and President of Electronic Materials Business. He served on the Board of Versum Materials, Inc. from 2016 until the company was acquired by Merck KGaA in October 2019. Dr. Paik brings to the Board extensive leadership experience in multi-national companies, the electronic materials industry, and the energy storage industry. He also provides experience in strategic planning and global business expertise with a deep technical understanding. Dr. Paik earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master in Chemistry from Seoul National University, a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University