South Korea’s KG F&B [food and beverage] has announced the appointment of Yoon Seok-chan as its new CEO.
KG F&B, established in 2024 through the merger of KG HOLLYS F&B and its subsidiary KG Fresh, operates brands including the country’s first espresso speciality brand, Hollys, and the meat processing brand Measo. Hollys has expanded into the Japanese market.
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Yoon has expertise in management consulting and brings experience from his previous roles at Monitor Group, SK Teletech, T-Plus Consulting and as a partner at EY Han Young’s strategy consulting organisation, EY-Parthenon.
His expertise encompasses strategic consulting for food manufacturing and ingredient brands such as Pulmuone, Maeil Dairies and Daesang, focusing on building mid to long-term growth models and business strategies.
Yoon Seok-chan joined KG F&B in early 2025 as chief operating officer (COO) and has been instrumental in developing future operational strategies for the other company-owned brands.
As CEO, he seeks to concentrate on the stabilisation of KG F&B and the post-merger integration efforts, building on the foundation laid by former CEO Lee Jong-hyun, who played a critical role in the company’s evolution into a comprehensive food enterprise.
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By GlobalDataYoon Seok-chan was quoted by ChosunBIZ: “Through last year’s merger, KG F&B has enhanced its competitiveness and expanded its infrastructure, standing on the brink of a leap as a comprehensive food company.
“While leveraging the strengths of each KG F&B brand, I will do my best to create new changes and synergies among brands to establish new growth engines for KG F&B.”
KG F&B owns other fresh food brands neuleharm, Jerky House and Handwerker.
The fresh food division is actively launching new products to meet changing consumer trends.
