SK Group completed the new lineup of its top decision-making council called SUPEX on Wednesday in an apparent effort to minimize the management vacuum from the imprisonment of group leader Chey Tae-won.

The nation’s third-largest conglomerate said it named heads of six commissions to SUPEX to take responsibility for each sector on strategy, global growth, communications, ethical business, shared growth and human resources.
 

SUPEX had been led by Kim Chang-keun on behalf of Chey, who stepped down as SK Group chairman in December of last year ahead of the court’s ruling.

The council members appointed SK Telecom’s chief executive Ha Sung-min as head of its strategic committee, SK Innovation chief executive Koo Ja-young as head of global growth committee and SK Group president Kim Young-tae as head of communications committee. SUPEX chief Kim will head the human resources commission.

SK C&C’s president Chung Chul-khil will direct the ethical business committee and SK Group vice chairman Kim Jae-yeol will take charge of the shared growth committee.

The introduction of the new collective leadership system took place with Chey’s resignation. The new system stresses each affiliate’s autonomy as well as board and committee-oriented operational structure, according to SK officials.

In the reshuffle, the group also promoted group financial team director Cho Dae-sik to president of SK Group and SK E&C Moon Duk-kyu to president of SK Networks.

Walkerhill Academy chief Pai Sun was named to head Sheraton Hotel operations, becoming the group’s first female president of its affiliates.

By Cho Ji-hyun (sharon@heraldcorp.com)