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Kim Dong-kwan is Vice Chairman of Hanwha Group.

He serves as CEO of the Strategy Division at Hanwha, the Strategy Division at Hanwha Solutions, the Strategy Division at Hanwha Aerospace, and the Investment Division at Hanwha Impact.

He is considered the “next Chairman of Hanwha Group” who will succeed his father, Kim Seung-youn, Chairman of Hanwha Group, and is preparing for management succession across the group’s defense, energy, shipbuilding, and chemical businesses.

He has been actively working to expand global exports in the defense sector and is focusing on Hanwha Group’s investment activities in the United States centered on the Korea-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation initiative “MASGA.”

He was born on October 31, 1983, as the eldest of the three sons of Kim Seung-youn, Chairman of Hanwha Group.

He graduated from St. Paul’s School in the United States and majored in political science at Harvard University.

He joined Hanwha as Deputy Manager of the Chairman’s Secretariat and later worked at Hanwha SolarOne and Hanwha Q CELLS before becoming Head of the Strategy Division at Hanwha and Head of the Strategy Division at Hanwha Solutions.

In 2020, he became CEO of the Strategy Division at Hanwha Solutions, which was launched through the merger of Hanwha Chemical and Hanwha Q CELLS.

Since then, he has expanded his management role by serving as CEO of the Strategy Division at Hanwha, CEO of the Strategy Division at Hanwha Aerospace, and CEO of the Investment Division at Hanwha Impact.

He is known for having a strict and meticulous personality and for possessing refined manners.

He tends to appear rarely in public settings and often moves alone without accompanying aides.

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