Life Summary
Chang In-hwa is the Chairman and CEO of POSCO Holdings.

He is striving for a new leap forward for the POSCO Group by strengthening the competitiveness of the secondary battery materials business along with the steel business.

He was born on August 17, 1955.

He graduated from Kyunggi High School in Seoul and the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Seoul National University.

He earned a master’s degree in naval architecture from the Graduate School of Seoul National University and a doctorate in ocean engineering from the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in the United States.

After joining POSCO, he held various positions including Director of the Steel Structure Research Center at the Pohang Research Institute of Science and Technology (RIST), Head of New Business Department in the Growth Investment Division, Head of New Business Management in the Financial Investment Division, and Head of Steel Solution Marketing in the Steel Business Division. He later served as Head of the Technology Investment Division and President of the Research Institute of Technology.

While serving as Head of Steel Production, he was appointed President and CEO in 2018 and led the steel division.

Although he was a final candidate in the chairman selection process, he failed to win the position and left the company, but returned in 2024 as Chairman and CEO of POSCO Holdings.

He is known as a benevolent leader who unites internal members, focusing his efforts on restoring the competitiveness of the core steel business.

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