Jung Soo-Hyun

Company: Hyundai Engineering & Construction (HDEC)
Position: President and CEO

Jung Soo-Hyun is president and CEO of South Korea’s highly successful HDEC, which is now part of the Hyundai Motor Group. The group acquired the company in April 2011, after the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s led to their separation. Before taking over as president, Soo-Hyun was president of Hyundai Amco, which was an existing construction business owned by Hyundai Motors.

Data from regional projects tracker MEED Projects shows the company is working on construction and transport projects worth $3.9bn in the Middle East and North Africa region. These include high-profile projects in Kuwait such as the $2.6bn Jaber al-Ahmed causeway in joint venture with Kuwait’s Combined Contracting Group, and Hamad Medical City in Qatar for the Public Works Authority (Ashgal).

Soo-Hyun is a construction veteran who has worked in the industry for more than 30 years since he graduated from Seoul National University in South Korea.

Website: www.hdec.kr