• CEO and President of HL Klemove
    Lee Yun-haeng

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Life Summary
Lee Yun-haeng is CEO and president of HL Klemove.

He was born in May 1982 as the son of Lee Jae-sung, former chairman and CEO of Hyundai Heavy Industries.

He majored in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center.

He worked as a patent agent and attorney at U.S. law firms, handling patent litigation and international trade.

After working at Kim & Chang, he joined Mando as a business strategy manager.

At HL Mando, he handled compliance and crisis management at the U.S. subsidiary as well as accounting and human resources. He later served as chief operating officer (COO) for the Americas and head of the Americas region.

After moving to affiliate HL Klemove as chief financial officer (CFO), he was appointed CEO and president in December 2025.

He is the eldest son-in-law of HL Group Chairman Chung Mong-won and the husband of Chung Ji-yeon, an executive director at HL Holdings.