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COVER LETTER

(YoungBum Han)

Your requirements for Management Officer will surely emphasize your need for a thoroughly competent person with proper functional & technical expertise, right leadership and high ethical standard as well as good enough practical experience and surely some more. On top of technical skill, position might need to demonstrate proper success behaviour like long term vision, consideration, team development and building, planning and execution, forecast and report, stakeholder communications and reviews, intra/cross functional communications, operation evaluation and so on.

Would you please take a moment to consider my qualification?

Your worldwide success, reputation and achievement look phenomenal as a Company in the industry you are in and all these recognitions are inspiring and captivating me for times due to its business nature and another opportunity and potential for success. When I’ve heard you are looking for top calibre talent in Management it seems too good opportunity to pass up as it is the type of Company I want to have and type of job I can contribute a lot ethically, productively and innovatively by putting all my experience & expertise on the line. I want to take part in to be an effective resource and to make an excellent addition to the Company’s next level of growth trajectory.

Having experience throughout my career within well structured, disciplined multinational corporate environment, I am quite confidence to quickly grasp at what is required of the job assigned to me with more certainty and less stress and am able to provide global management service being a world class strategic Biz partner providing competitive advantage to the Company and create maximum companies stakeholder value. Insight I will bring, advice I will impart and solution I will provide will be an excellent addition to your next level of growth momentum and I am comfort around higher Management and people at all level, I can craft approach likely to be seen as appropriate and positive to ensure successful achievement of plan, communication of result and supporting requirements. .

Change come about, quite often, it goes with big challenges, it always does. Whenever I face such a challenge, I always recall the case (project) we succeed in achieving what has often seemed impossible at first.

Followings are some core competencies;,

-Competent Business Acumen

-Breadth of experience working with different Biz model (Network & F2F Marketing)

-(New) Business Development (New channel develop. Sales Organization change to optimize)

-Proper Functional and Technical Expertise and Skills (CFO & COO)

-Comfort around Higher Management and People at all level

-Strong Advocator for Customer Focus (Internal & External)

-Labour Union (Hundreds of people) control, pampering, communications, Negotiation, compromise.

Even I would be little stranger for your Company at this point of time, however, I firmly believe that I will be able to fully meet/exceed your requirements and expectations only when I work with sincerity, diligence and responsibility. All our effort together will pay off with continued business success in Korea.

Hopefully, all my experience and expertise can prove that I am best suited to do your opening.

Faithfully yours,

YB

Han, Young Bum

(MBA, AICPA)

DOB : 1969

JOB OBJECTIVE

CFO /GM Finance / VP Finance

PROFILE

Self-starter, Highly motivated, Energetic and Proactive, Result-oriented and Performance-driven. Hands-on aptitude in nature but Cooperative and Team player as well. Good communicator and Help others focus on a goal and Motivate them to attain it. Also strong Advocator for customer focus. Empathic & Horizontal leadership, Strategic thinker, Learning on the fly, Well rounded and get along with anyone and keep good chemistry people at all level.Man of humor, Cool even under pressure, do not become defensive or irritated when times are tough, Positive thinker, handle stress and do not show frustration. Nothing daunted by any form of failure. Be punctual, Meet commitment, Solve the problem, Get result, Make a difference, Rapid change is the best friend (4th industrial revolution challenges, Untact economy post cororna era).

CORE COMPETENCIES

AICPA – Delaware, USA May 2003 - Excellent communication skill bilingually

Strategy Formulation - Negotiation

Strong Business Acumen - Visionary Leadership

Organization Restructuring. - Hands-On Aptitude

Self-Starter and Highly Motivated. - M&A / Spin-Off / Separation Experience

(New) Business Development - Strategic MKT development & Oversee S/M

Diverse field tax audit receiving experience from NTS

Strong Advocator for Customer Focus - Global Perspective

Enterprise Risk hedging consultant . - A/P region responsible as CFO (Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippine) -A/P region responsible as Internal Auditor (6 countries)

EDUCATION

1994 - 1997 Graduate School of Choong-Ang University in Seoul, Korea

MBA

1990 - 1992 Georgia State University, in Atlanta, USA

MBA

1984- 1987 Chun-Nam National University in Kwang-Ju, Korea

BA in Business Administration (Accounting)

OVERSEAS ASSIGNEMENTS

1989/9-1991/6 OJT in Internal Audit & Control at Delaware USA, HQ of DuPont

1997/2-1998/7 OJT in Credit management at Singapore at Dell

1997/8-1999/1 OJT Manufacturing process/cost at Penang, Malaysia, Dell

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

2020/ 1 ~ Present JH Consulting Inc. (Korean Company)

2010/ 8 - 2020/1 Omya Korea Inc. - CFO & COO- LSE listed (Swiss base)

2003/ 5 - 2010/6 Herbalife Korea Ltd. CFO & COO - NYSE listed (US base)

1996/ 2 - 2002/8 Dell Computer Korea Ltd.(and Singapore / Malaysia) – Finance Controller - NASDAQ listed (US base)

1989/ 3 - 1996/1 DuPont Korea Ltd (and USA). - Finance Manager - NYSE listed (US base)

1987/ 3 - 1989/2 DOW Chemical Korea Ltd. - Finance Supervisor – NYSE listed (US base)

DETAIL OF EXPERIENCE

2020/ 1 ~ Present JH Consulting Inc. (Korean Company) Vice President

Business in Korea: Management Consulting, Government R&D support fund for SMEs

Designation: Vice President

Responsibilities: Overall management, Sales, Management Consulting (IPO, M&A, IR, Deal structure etc.), Government funding (endowment) Consulting (4th industrial revolution embedded new product development), Overseas market development, Business Development, Hiring top caliber seasoned Ph.D.(specialized in 4th industrial revolution)

Aug. 2010 – Dec. 2019 Omya Korea Inc.

Business in Korea: Inorganic chemistry products Manufacturing (3 Mfg. plants, 5 Mines ) and S&M

(Application: Paper, Polymer, Construction, Medical, Biotechnology)

Designation: CFO & COO and controlling Korea

Responsibilities: Strategy formulation, Negotiation, Finance, Legal, IT, HR (+ G&A), Purchasing, Logistics, Strategic Marketing, Business Development, Company Promotion, Media Handling

Responsible for all financial, operational and Ad-hoc reporting requirements

Prepare Annual and Mid-term Business Plan & Contingency Plan and Long term strategy

KPI and BSC Implementation for adequacy measurement of performance

Set up IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standard) and Implementation

Develop Global matrix reporting system

M&A for 2(two) Mfg. plants in China (Oversee 1. Proposal summary 2.Mgmt team 3.Company background 4.Overall strategic goal 5.Product specification 6. Market information 7.Operation overview 8.Competition 9.Finance 10.Financial Statement

Set up Korean SOX compliance documentation

Business Developments (Applicable Industry development > Construction & Polymer & Medical & Biotechnology) :

Beta Cost analysis and Justification for Joint Project with Major Customers (New Biz development & Develop Local Operation Policy and Procedure to improve local customer responsiveness

Growth) – Cost sharing & allocation Big negotiation with major customers in favor of OMYA.

Main contact for Labor Union (Control, Pampering, Communication, Negotiation, Compromise).

Hyperion Implementation (Business analysis tool)

Transfer Price Ruling Documentation to prevent potentially challenge of TP from NTS

BPR (Business Process Restructure) by identifying areas to be downsized, expanded, eliminated and reorganized.

Set up ERP base STD Costing system

Shorten monthly closing from D+7 to D+2

Strong Working Capital and Inventory Plan to improve company liquidity

ERP (BPCS) integration into ERP (SAP)

Implement Global Job Grading System for HRM

Design HRD / BSC / MBO for improvement performance measurement criteria

Enforce CRO (Cost Reduction Opportunity) and Implementation to enhance profitability

Promote Company Communication (MC/PR) and Develop the plan to be upgraded

Reason for Leaving: When I’ve heard you are looking for top caliber talent in Finance as CFO, it seems too good opportunity to pass up as it is a type of company I want to have and type of job I can contribute a lot.. The insight I will bring and the advice I will impart and solution I will provide, hopefully, make a significant impact on the Company’s next level of Growth

May 2003 – Jun. 2010 Herbalife Korea Co., Ltd

Business in Korea: Global group of Health care & Cosmetic products (Global nutrition products, Protein Shakes &Snacks, Vitamin & Dietary supplements, Energy & Fitness drink, Skin & Hair, Cosmetics)

Designation: CFO & COO

Responsibilities: Strategy formulation & Execution, Negotiations, Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Logistics, Governmental Affair

Set up US-SOX compliance documentation and maintain with periodical audit

Prepare Annual and Mid-term Business Plan & Contingency Plan and Plan “C”

Transfer Price Ruling Documentation and Treat all tax exposures to be minimized

Implement Citi Direct CMS (Cash Mgmt System) and Streamlining Treasury process

Set up SCM (Supply Chain Mgmt)

KPI and BSC Implementation for adequacy of performance measurement and incentive scheme.

Project management for new concept store for all products

Feasibility analysis and report for new product launching for profitability in short & long term

Regular business & operation meeting with representative of distributor members (Marketing Plan adjustment, persuasion, negotiation, compromising)

New business channel development (Channel marketing (F2F) under strict governance)

Set up vertical retail channel strategy and negotiate for space/location and terms and condition

Win NTS international and domestic field tax audit (TP, Corporate tax and VAT etc.) – $ 15M imposed

Win Custom duty field audit from SOC (Seoul office of Customs) - $ 8M imposed

Business support for growth by developing diverse finance strategies

BI (Business Intelligence) and Global HR system implementation

Support Legal & Admin. and Staffing

Accomplishments: Organization Restructuring / ERP implementation / BI implementation / /Hyperion implementation / Transfer Pricing with NTS / Custom dutiable value set-up with SCO / Inter-company upgrading / SOX compliance / Internal Audit compliance / Local policy developments / Global HR system set up / Adding Branch office establishment within Korea territory / Internet ordering system upgrade / Warehouse movement for profit enhancement / Distributor incentive scheme change for revenue growth / Slow-moving & Obsolete inventories Mgmt / Cannibalization analysis / Outsourcing for low valued & duplicated & repeated works / Systemized business plan (budget) process / Inducement of huge amount of Capital injection (10M $) from HQ / Country Chairperson to lead TFT (Task Force Team) for collection, review, evaluation, selection and recognition of employee’s innovative ideas, suggestions for growth, profitability and liquidity

Reason for Leaving: Under global restructuring and retrenchment strategy, there was global Biz territory adjustment and as a result, Korea became under control of Japan and part of Japan territory, means, function of Korea operation has been downsized and most of Mgmt leadership has been transferred to Japan in general. My scope of responsibilities and motivation were sharply exposed to this global adjustment (De-motivation).

Feb. 1996 - Aug. 2002 Dell Computer Corporation

Business in Korea: Computer Sales & Marketing and Services (H/W & S/W)

Designation: Director & Finance Controller

Responsibilities: Finance, HR, Logistics, Legal, IT

Handled all company start-up/registration activities to promote organization to concerned parties

Restore financial integrity from historical legacies

Annual Business Plan prepare and be approved from BOD

Optimize the company’s return on asset

Business Risk Mgmt: Foreign Exchange, Insurance, PIP, Credit, Contingency plan and Disaster recovery

Achieve country balanced priorities (Growth, Profitability, Liquidity)

Eliminate inefficiency systems that discourage productive work by adopting lower outsourcing resources and Customer Mix and Product Mix

Jointly Design and Develop Korea Technical SVC leveling plan and pricing

Country championship to implement ERP (Oracle system) and :Get-Paid”(SW) Implementation

Execute annual and long term strategic business plan and Determine its reasonableness and integrity to ensure that they represent an equitable basis for performance evaluation

Introduction and Implementation of EVA base Mgmt

Weekly, monthly and quarterly financial and operational forecasting and Review its accuracy level to suggest method of improving FCST process as appropriate by diverse Biz support from finance perspective

Evolve product pricing strategy to help Biz group to achieve profit and market share target

Formulate company performance target, measurement criteria and incentive scheme

Strong Working capital management

Credit management (DSO improvement from 100 days to 35 days)

Support corporate balanced priorities (Growth, Profitability, Liquidity)

Comply with FCPA (Foreign Corruption Practice Act)

Take a local initiative of Global Organization Development program

HR Operation and Advisory & Communication to Mgmt Group in HQ

Accomplishments: Market justification review for New Product launching/ Develop Lease/Rental solution for Biz growth/ Implement Margin Enhancement project/ Logistics Provider set-up/ Technical SVC Provider set-up/ Reduction of Lead time of door-to-door from 5 days to 3.5 days/ Reduction of Localization cost(EMC,EMI) by sharing its certification with other hardware vendors/ Expansion of Credit Card usage coverage/ Long outstanding Bad-debt & Possible Credit delinquent collection and follow-up / Collection/ Introduction Cash Discount scheme/ Success of ‘Promissory Note Discount without Recourse with Banks/ Analysis and Justification for New Biz Channel/ Completion of Local Monitor Merging Project with Forwarder to minimize high tariff rate / Korea implementation of Global Internal Control program

Reason for Leaving: During my tenure at Dell, there was 6 times change of country CEO, Expat employee 3 times and Local hired 3 times. As the time went on. it was hard for me to adjust myself and put up with such a frequent local leadership change. Herbalife who was quite successful organization in the industry they serve and listed in NYSE (Career Path)

Mar.1989- Jan. 1996 DuPont Korea, Ltd.

Business in Korea: Industrial consumer goods, Petrochemicals, Fiber, Fabric, Semiconductor, Automobile, Medicals, Agriculture and Electronics manufacturing / Indent sales / Resale

Designation: Manager, General Accounting & Business Planning/Internal Auditor/Treasury

Responsibilities:

General accounting & Tax manager

Financial reporting & Ad-hoc requirements on time

Conduct monthly & year-end closing work and make a good coordination with accounting firm and be an instrumental for getting unqualified opinion

Country coordinator for ERP implementation (SAP)

Budgeting & Strategic Planning

Taxation

Business support by analysis of financial result

Received field tax audit for P.E. issue from NTS and Custom Office

Support all Expatriates in Korea and out of Korea align with HR policies

Internal Control & Audit (including OJT in USA) :

Develop and maintain financial & operation policies & procedures

Perform operational audits and facilitate self-assessment periodically

Ensure to comply with laws and regulatory requirement that apply to our business, and maintain our reputation and key believe of high integrity and ethics.

Recommend to corporate Mgmt on any exceptions, changes and modifications to corporate policies and procedures for consideration as appropriate to the Korean operation & local business practice to improve customer responsiveness and operational efficiency and business support.

Treasury:

Corporate Fund / Hedge Management (Fx exposures)

Cash & Liquidity / Spin-off of existing Biz / Issuance of corporate debenture

Risk Management / Asset Management

Bank relation

Reason for Leaving: Dell Computer’s worldwide success, reputation and achievement has inspired and captivated me for times whilst I felt a constraint to promote next higher level at DuPont as Expat from Head Quarter has always been holding the position of head of Finance organization. When a chance was given going thru Search firm, I positively responded and successfully joined as

a Director & Controller. (Career Path)

Mar. 1987- Feb. 1989 DOW Chemical Korea Ltd.

Business in Korea: Petrochemical manufacturing and Sales & Marketing

Designation: Accountant/ Sr. Financial Analyst/ Supervisor

Responsibilities:

Financial Analyst & Cost Accounting:

Capitalization of CIP (Construction-In-Progress) and Start amortization

Plant OpEx (Mfg. overhead) and CapEx budgets preparation

Economic Justification for all revenue-generating CapEx

Product cost & Inventory accounting( STD costing under flexible budget, Managerial accounting) and Fixed asset Mgmt

Prepare monthly KPI (Key Performance Indicator) report for Mfg. operation

Prepare C.O.G.M (Cost Of Good Manufactured) Statement

General accounting & Tax:

Support periodic financial reporting with analysis

Assist monthly and yearly closing work / Sub-ledger maintenance.

VAT and Payroll related withholding tax return filing..

Bank Reconciliation / Petty Cash Management

Accounts Payables / Accounts Receivable

Employee Travel & Entertainment Expense Reimbursement

Reason for Leaving: Having desire to work at better quality job in which I could extend my ability fully and to accumulate rather diverse working knowledge & experience. I applied publicly for DuPont Korea, offering high-tech industrials and consumer products and came on board as a Supervisor in Treasury department (Career Path)

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