Kia shifts to a co-representative system with Song Ho-seong and Song Min-soo…Strengthening production and safety-focused responsible management

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Kia is transitioning from its previous sole representative director system led by Song Ho-seong (President) to a co-representative system with Song Ho-seong and Song Min-soo, aiming to strengthen on-site production and safety management. The co-representative system allows each director to independently represent the company and exercise decision-making authority without requiring joint signatures from all directors.

Kia announced at its board meeting on the 8th that it has newly appointed Song Min-soo, Executive Vice President in charge of domestic production and Chief Safety Officer (CSO), as a new representative director. This personnel change is seen as a follow-up measure to the labor and production organizational restructuring carried out by Hyundai Motor Group last May. At that time, Choi Jun-yeong (President), who had overseen Kia's domestic production and labor affairs, moved to become the group's overall labor responsibility officer under Jeong Chaek-gae-bal (Head), creating a management vacancy that this appointment aims to fill.

The newly appointed Song Min-su (CEO) director is recognized as a leading expert in production and safety within the Hyundai Motor Group.He served as Kia's labor Ji Won-sa-eop (Director) from 2019 to 2021, then demonstrated his on-site management capabilities by serving as plant manager of AutoLand Hwaseong Factory, Kia's core production base, from 2022 until this year. He currently holds dual roles as Executive Vice President in charge of domestic production and Chief Safety Officer (CSO).

Industry analysts suggest that through this shift to a co-representative system, Kia has established a rapid decision-making structure capable of maximizing domestic production efficiency while systematically managing on-site safety and health. Especially at a time when social responsibility for industrial safety is being emphasized more than ever due to laws such as the Major Accident Punishment Act, placing Song, an expert in safety, in a prominent role is expected to enable each representative to focus exclusively on their area of expertise, thereby creating favorable conditions for swift management operations.

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