Key Executives
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John RimPresident & CEO
John Rim is President & CEO at Samsung Biologics.Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2018, Mr. Rim worked for Genentech/Roche in a variety of senior global leadership roles in Technical Operations, Product Development, and Research and Development in the US and Europe.
Mr. Rim has also held senior leadership roles with Astellas Pharmaceuticals in General Management, Sales & Marketing, Technical Operations, Customer Service, Business Development, and Strategic Planning.
Mr. Rim has over 30 years’ experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and began his career as a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton consulting to pharmaceutical companies in the US and Europe.
Mr. Rim holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, a master’s degree from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. -
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Kevin SharpExecutive Vice President
Kevin Sharp is Executive Vice President and Head of Sales & Operations Department.Mr. Sharp holds over 24 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2017, Mr. Sharp worked in areas of sales, business development and procurement at global pharmaceutical companies such as GSK and Contract Pharmaceutical Corp.
Mr. Sharp holds an MBA from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. -
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James ChoiExecutive Vice President
James Choi is Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Sales Support, Project Management, and Global Public Affairs.Mr. Choi has over 35 years of senior leadership experience in the healthcare and informatics industries in various roles including customer service, operations, information technology, and security.
Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2014, Mr. Choi was CIO at Beckman Coulter's Clinical Diagnostics and Life Sciences businesses, CIO and CTO at Altegrity, and Senior Director of Information Systems, Customer Services eBusiness Technology, and Site Planning at Philips Healthcare.
Mr. Choi holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Irvine and an MBA from the University of Southern California. -
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Pierre CatignolExecutive Vice President
Pierre Catignol is Executive Vice President and Head of Operation Center.Mr. Catignol has over 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining Samsung Biologics, Mr. Catignol began his career at Sanofi-Pasteur in 1995, and extended his career in StALLERGENES AND VIRBAC as Head of Operations & Supply site and Operations & Quality respectively.
His recent leadership role was at Lonza as Head of Portsmouth site.
Mr. Catignol holds a master's degree for General Engineering at ECAM university. -
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Kun Lo, Ph.D.Executive Vice President
Kun Lo is Executive Vice President, Head of EPCV Center responsible for construction and operation of new plants, and CSO (Chief Safety Officer).Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2020, Dr. Lo held various management positions in Engineering and New Business.
Dr. Lo began his career with Samsung General Chemicals in 1992, then developed chemical products and managed manufacturing for 18 years in Samsung Total Petrochemical. In 2013, Dr. Lo advanced through Engineering expertise as a manager of Engineering Support Team and Process Design in Samsung Engineering.
Dr. Lo assumed responsibilities for planning global business as a New Business Team Leader and Head of US corporation in Samsung Engineering.
Dr. Lo holds a doctor’s degree from Seoul National University in Chemical Engineering. -
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Diane Black, Ph.D.Executive Vice President & CQO
Diane Black is Executive Vice President and CQO (Chief Quality Officer).Dr. Black has over 30 years of experience in Quality and related functions in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining Samsung Biologics, Dr. Black began her career at Davy McKee and continued at CSL Behring (where she was Global Head of Quality), Merck Inc Bristol-Myers Squibb and Janssen, where she served as Site General Manager for the Schaffhausen production site in Switzerland.
Her most recent leadership role was at Jazz Pharmaceuticals as Chief Quality Officer.
Dr. Black holds a Ph.D. from University of Sydney in Biochemical Engineering. -
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Hosung Min, Ph.D.Executive Vice President
Hosung Min is Executive Vice President and Head of CDO Development Center. Dr. Min serves concurrently as Head of Bio R&D Center.Dr. Min has background in antibody drug development at Amgen, a global pharmaceutical company. His experience also includes leadership role of process development and Drug Substance (DS) manufacturing of biosimilar products at Samsung Bioepis.
Dr. Min received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from UCLA and BA in Molecular Biology from UC Berkeley. -
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Seungho RyuExecutive Vice President & CFO
Seung Ho Ryu is an Executive Vice President and Head of the Business Support Center.Prior to joining Samsung Biologics, Mr. Ryu started his career at Samsung Electronics and has been carrying out business management for more than 25 years including his career at SEF(Samsung Electronics France) and Samsung Headquarters. -
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Kyuho LeeExecutive Vice President & CHRO
Kyuho Lee is Executive Vice President, Head of People Center, and CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer).Mr. Lee has carried out HR management tasks for 31 years.
Prior to joining Samsung Biologics, Mr. Lee managed HR support tasks, global HR tasks, and labor-management tasks at Samsung Electronics, including working as the HR team leader of the VD business division. -
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Dongjoong KimExecutive Vice President
Dongjoong Kim is Executive Vice President and Head of Co-Prosperity Cooperation Center.Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2014, Mr. Kim held various corporate planning and managerial leadership positions for Samsung Electronics.
Mr. Kim began his career with Samsung in 1988. Mr. Kim led the Corporate Management and Administration of Samsung Electronics from 2002 to 2014. -
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Heejeong KimVice President
Heejeong Kim is Vice President and Head of Drug Substance Department.Ms. Kim joined Samsung Biologics in 2011, and after serving as a plant team leader & Operation Support team leader for Drug Substance MFG, she now overlooks the entire Drug Substance area.
Ms. Kim received her master's degree for Food Science and Biotechnology from Seoul National University in 2006. -
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Sangmyung LeeVice President
Sangmyung Lee is Vice President and Head of Business Strategy.After joining Samsung Life Insurance in 2003, Mr. Lee handled various management support roles including the areas of finance, project management, mid-to-long term strategy T/F, etc. at Samsung Bioepis and Samsung Electronics.
Mr. Lee joined Samsung Biologics in 2023 and is now contributing to the design and execution of the company's business strategy. -
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Jaesun LeeVice President
Jaesun Lee is Vice President and Head of Operational Excellence Department.Mr. Lee started his career at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division in 1989. He then led system setup and automation of new production lines at Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display.
Mr. Lee joined Samsung Biologics in 2023 and is now contributing to Digital Transformation based on his expertise - in MES. -
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Yeowan YounVice President
Yeowan Youn is Vice President and Head of Legal Compliance Team.Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2024, Mr. Youn was at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Samsung Electronics, and Samsung Electronics America.
Mr. Youn obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University. -
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Heekyun LimVice President
Heekyun Lim is Vice President and Head of Business Consulting Team.Mr. Lim has over 20 years of experience with extensive expertise in strategic management and bio research for Samsung Electronics.
Mr. Lim holds a master’s degree for life sciences from Pohang University of Science and Technology. -