KH Moon

KH Moon

Mr. Moon is president and CEO of Hansoll Textile Ltd., a global textile company that manufactures and exports mainly knit apparel to the United States, Europe and Japan. National governments and supply chain partners have recognized Hansoll as an industry leader in responsibility and innovation. Mr. Moon is also the president of Seoul-based New Paradigm Institute for Green & Responsible Competitiveness, which advances environmental sustainability and lifelong learning throughout Korea. For his work on lifelong learning, Mr. Moon received the prestigious 2021 Professional Excellence Award from the International Labour and Employment Relations Association. Previously, Mr. Moon served as a member of Korea’s national parliament. He was president and CEO of the consumer-products company Yuhan-Kimberly, which under his leadership became widely known for product innovation and the way it cared for employees. Mr. Moon was heralded, in particular, for the measures he took to avoid laying off workers during the Asian financial crisis of the mid-1990s. In addition, Mr. Moon has been an environmental leader, spearheading the planting of tens of millions of trees throughout Korea and across Asia. Mr. Moon was also a founder of the Drucker Society of Korea, which convenes regular meetings of corporate executives to read and apply Drucker’s work in their own organizations and communities.