Lee Byung-hyun - Senior Vice President, Head of Isotank Container Division

Korea, Republic of

Experience

Jan 2023 - Sep 2025

2 years 9 months

Korea, Republic of

Senior Vice President, Head of Isotank Container Division

Daelim Co., Ltd.

Led the global Isotank container business development and strategic alliance building with Royal Den Hartogh Logistics, Netherlands. Benchmarked global business practices, pricing, know-hows, systems and organizational management.
Executed strategic initiatives in investing in new tank containers (800 tanks at $12 m investment).

Jan 2020 - Present

6 years 1 month

Korea, Republic of

Non-Executive Director, PolyMirae Company & Ulsan PP

Daelim Co., Ltd.

Board member representing Daelim in both PMC and UPP JVs.
PMC: Implemented changes on JV governance, marketing restructuring, sales performance and stakeholder management in 2022 and afterwards.
UPP: Provided strategic advice and negotiations with SKA from expert upstream and downstream viewpoints (Brent crude, naphtha, LPG and polymer marketing skills).

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022

4 years

Korea, Republic of

Vice President, Head of Petrochemical Trading

Daelim Co., Ltd.

Oversaw trading of naphtha, gas oil, propylene, HDPE, LLDPE, PP and aromatics. Strengthened distributor networks and drove pricing strategy under volatile markets (especially PP physical hedging with derivatives in DCE).
Executed new business development of Higer EV bus trading and private equity investment (achieved operating profit ₩3.5 billion, injected ₩10 billion into MC Partners equity with a successful ROE expectation in 2026).

Jan 2013 - Dec 2018

6 years

Singapore

General Manager

Daelim Singapore Pte Ltd.

Led Southeast Asia regional marketing, trading, and logistics. Managed credit lines with major banks around $700 m. Maintained relationships with global national oil corporations in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar.
Developed new business in gas oil distribution, lubricant oil additives and studied new opportunities.

Jan 2005 - Dec 2012

8 years

Team Leader

Daelim Corporation

Drove naphtha trading to a record 1.3 m mt in 2012 (revenue ₩1.7 trillion, profit margins $10 million FOBs from ADNOC, KPC, Aramco, Qatar).
Led global marketing and sales for HDPE and mLLDPE products to 95 countries including China, Asia, Americas and Europe. Initiated a new marketing entity set-up in China in 2007 and managed overseas entities in China, Vietnam and Singapore.

Jan 1996 - Dec 2004

9 years

Marketing & Sales Roles

DL Chemical

Held roles in sales and marketing in polymers (HDPE, metallocene LLDPE).
Engaged in DL Chemical restructuring in establishing YNCC, PMC, KRCC.
Developed a new chemical B2B company in Daelim group.
Managed procurement for chemical CC&A.

Summary

Petrochemical industry professional with 29+ years of progressive leadership at Daelim.

Involvement in JV Governance in PMC and Ulsan PP since 2020. Deep involvement in JV governance and BOD leadership with global partners including LYB, SKA, Saudi and Kuwait shareholders.

Extensive expertise in global marketing and trading of naphtha, olefins, polyolefins and logistics for polymers and liquid chemicals.

Skills

Jv Governance, Stakeholder Alignment & Board Management
Cross-cultural And Global Negotiation Skills & Experiences
Petrochemical Tradings Of Naphtha/olefins/polyolefins (Physicals & Paper Hedging)
Polymers And Liquid Chemical Logistics (Isotank Containers & Freight Forwarding)