Dongwon announces retirement of Sam Lee as CEO of Starkist, replaced by Andrew Choe
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] Sept 30, 2014
StarKist Co., a subsidiary of Dongwon Industries, today confirmed that Sam Hwi Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of StarKist, will retire on October 31. Lee, a StarKist Board of Directors' member since 2008, was named President & CEO on November 1, 2012. He will continue to serve as a member of the StarKist Board of Directors.
"I want to personally thank Mr. Lee for all of his leadership and contributions over the past two years at StarKist," said Ingu Park, Chairman of Board of Directors for StarKist. "We appreciate Mr. Lee's commitment to StarKist's success and wish him the very best in future endeavors."
As of November 1, Mr. Andrew Choe, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain at StarKist, will be President & CEO at StarKist Co. According to Dongwon, Mr. Choe has improved performance and contributed to StarKist's ongoing success for the past four years. Prior to StarKist, Choe held leadership positions at Dongwon Enterprise and Phillip Morris International. Mr. Choe will continue to be based at StarKist Co. headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa.
"I have all confidence Mr. Choe's proven leadership will take the StarKist organization to the next level of performance," said Mr. Park.
Mr. Namjung Kim, COO, has been promoted to Vice Chairman of StarKist Co. and will continue to lead strategy development for the StarKist organization.
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