Soo-Chang Lee

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Investment Portfolio) (Samsung Life-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (SO: 032830) in South Korea. The firm was established as Dongbang Life Insurance in 1957, became a subsidiary of the Samsung Group in 1963 and was renamed Samsung Life Insurance in 1989. Based in Seoul, Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. offers insurance products and services including life, health, accident, and annuities as well as asset management and related financial products. In addition to South Korea, they have operations in the US, the UK, China, India, Thailand and Japan. The firm is a socially responsible manager which supports community services, cultural and art activities, sports and social welfare services. Bichumi is their volunteer club consisting of individual volunteer groups linked through a nationwide network that engage in a variety of volunteer activities to make people's lives happier and healthier as well as to promote equality and maturity in society.

Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SAMC) is the asset management subsidiary of Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (KRX: 032830) in South Korea. The firm was founded in 1998 as Samsung Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Seoul, SAMC provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to pooled investment vehicles, institutional investors and certain companies within the Samsung Group.