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Kakao aims to maximize corporate values and shareholders’ interest
through corporate management transparency.

Kakao's board of directors currently consists of three inside directors and five outside directors. It has four subcommittees within the board: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Directors Nominating Committee, and the ESG Committee. The company is striving to enhance corporate value and maximize shareholder profits through transparent management, such as appointing the chairman of the board of directors, who is an outside director.

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Inside director

Inside director
Name / Board Position Job Title Professional & Educational Background Terms
Shina Chung, CEO
CEO
- French/French Literature and business administration Bachelor of Arts, Yonsei University
- Marketing Master of Business Administration, Yonsei University
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Michigan

- Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
- Manager of Strategy and Business Development, eBay APAC HQ
- General Manager, NHN Corp.
- Managing Partner, Kakao Ventures Corp.
- CEO, Kakao Ventures Corp.
- Other non- executive director,Kakao Corp.
- Reform TF Leader, Kakao Corp.
- (Current) President of Strategy and Planning Committee, Kakao Corporate Alignment Council
- (Current) Chairman, Kakao Corporate Alignment Council
- (Current) CEO, Kakao Corp.
A two- year term
(March 28, 2024 – )
Jongwhan Shin, Inside Director
CFO
Head of Finance, Corporate Alignment Council
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Sogang University
- MBA at Indiana Univ. Kelly School

- KPMG International Cooperative
- SeoIl Accounting Firm
- EY Gobal Limitied, Korea
- CJ Cheil Jedang
- CJ Group
- (Current) CFO, Kakao Corp.
- (Current) Head of Finance, Corporate Alignment Council
A two- year term
(March 26, 2025 – )
Sukyung Cho, Inside Director
Head of Legal Support Team, Corporate Alignment Council
- Bachelor of Business and Administration, Seoul National University
- Master of Laws, Northwestern University Law School
- Graduate School of Law (Completed Coursework, SJD. in Intellectual Property Law), Seoul National University,

- Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
- Legal Counselor, UN Offices on Drug and Crime (Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office)
- Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
- Prosecutor, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (Prosecution research officer)
- Prosecutor, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office
- Team leader of defense corruption Investigation, the National Board of Audit and Inspection of Republic of Korea/ Senior Prosecutor of the Republic of Korea
- Legal Counselor of the Korean Embassy of in U.S. (Senior Prosecutor)
- Director/Senior Prosecutor, Forensic Science and Investigation Bureau of Supreme Prosecutors' Office
- Director/Senior Prosecutor, Jeon- ju District Prosecutors' Office
- Director/Senior Prosecutor, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office
- Director/Senior Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
- Head of ERM Division, Kakao Corp.
- Head of Group Compliance Management Division, Corporate Alignment Council
- (Current) Head of Legal Support Team, Corporate Alignment Council
A two- year term
(March 28, 2024 – )

Independent
director

Independent
director
Name / Board Position Job Title Professional & Educational Background Terms
Choonseung Ham, Independent Director
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Directors Nominating Committee
- Bachelor of Economics & Political science, Yale university

- CEO, Citigroup Global Markets Korea Securities Ltd.
- (Current) CEO, PH & Company Inc.
A two- year term
(March 28, 2024 – )
Sejung Choi, Independent Director
Chairman of ESG Committee
Member of Compensation Committee
- Ph.D. in Mass Media (Advertising), Michigan State University

- Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, The University of Texas at Austin
- Outside director, JTBC Mediacom
- President, Korea Media Management Association
- Editor- in- chief, The Korean Journal of Advertising and Public Relations
- (Current) Professor, School of Media and Communication, Korea University
- (Current) Outside director and Chairman of the ESG Committee, HSAD
- (Current) President, Korea Advertising Society
A one- year term
(March 26, 2025 – )
Kyungjin Cha, Independent Director
Chairman of Directors Nominating Committee
Member of Audit Committee
- Business Information System Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

- Received the Prime Minister's Award for Contribution to the Data Industry
- (Current)Associate Professor of Management Information Systems and Chair of Business Informatics Department, Hanyang University.
- (Current)Member of Advisory Committee for KoRoad Smart Future Transportation Big Data
- (Current)Member of Advisory Committee for Gyeonggi Provincial Office Big Data
- (Current) Member of Advisory Committee for Korean National Police Agency Data- based Administration
- (Current) Member of Policy Advisory Committee for Digital Government, Ministry of the Interior and Safety
A two- year term
(March 28, 2024 – )
Saerom Park, Independent Director
Member of ESG Committee
Member of Compensation Committee
- Doctor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University

- Researcher, Industrial and Mathematical Date Analytics Research Center, Seoul National University
- Assistant Professor of Department of Convergence Security Engineering, Sungshin Women's University
- (Current) Assistant Professor of Department of Industrial Engineering, UNIST
A one- year term
(March 26, 2025 – )
Sunwook Kim, Independent Director
Chairman of Compensation Committee.
Member of Audit Committee
- Bachelor of Laws at Hanyang University
- Master of Laws, Graduate School of Law at Hanyang University
- Master of Science, Medical Informatics at Seoul National University College of Medicine and Completion of PhD Coursework, Medical Informatics at the Same Graduate School

- (Current) Managing Partner, KIM & HYUN LLC
- (Current) Mediation Committee Member, Seoul Central District Court
- (Current) Member of the Active Administration Support Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare
- (Current) Member of the Subcommittee, National Gambling Control Commission
A two- year term
(March 26, 2025 – )