Key Note Speaker & 2014 Van Fleet Award Honoree
MARILLYN A. HEWSON
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CEO
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Marillyn A. Hewson is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. She previously held a variety of increasingly responsible executive positions with the Corporation, including President and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Electronic Systems business area.
In her 30 years with Lockheed Martin, Ms. Hewson has held several operational leadership positions including President of Lockheed Martin Systems Integration; Executive Vice President of Global Sustainment for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; President and General Manager of Kelly Aviation Center, L.P., an affiliate of Lockheed Martin; and President of Lockheed Martin Logistics Services. She has also served in key corporate executive roles, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Shared Services, Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management, and Vice President of Corporate Internal Audit.
Ms. Hewson serves on the Board of Directors of DuPont and previously chaired the Sandia Corporation Board of Directors from 2010 to 2013. She served on the Board of Directors of Carpenter Technology Corporation from 2002 through 2006. In September 2013, Ms. Hewson was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Export Council, the principal national advisory committee on international trade. She serves as Steering Committee Chair for the Defense Industry Initiative, an association of U.S. defense companies committed to conducting business affairs at the highest ethical level. She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association, and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Ms. Hewson serves on the Board of Directors of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, the Board of Governors of the USO and on the Board of the National Geographic Education Foundation. She is a member of The Business Roundtable, the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Board of Visitors. Ms. Hewson has been selected by Fortune magazine as one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” for the past four years and was named #4 in 2013. She was named by Forbes as one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” in 2013.
Born in Junction City, Kansas, Ms. Hewson earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and her Master of Arts degree in economics from The University of Alabama. She also attended the Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School executive development programs.
2014 Van Fleet Award Honoree
YONGMAAN PARK
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
DOOSAN GROUP
Mr. Park is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Doosan Group, and he is also Chairman of key Doosan businesses including Doosan Infracore and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction. Doosan is a Global conglomerate with $24 billion revenue generated from the construction power and desalination plants as well as the manufacture of power equipment, construction equipment, engines and machine tools. Doosan boasts a storied history of 118 years, making it the oldest company in Korea—yet it is simultaneously the most dynamic enterprise.
Mr. Park has been in the front-and-center of the renowned transformation of the Doosan Group. He has led over 42 deals including acquisitions and divestitures of businesses as part of the strategic drive to overhaul Doosan’s business portfolio, turning Doosan from a consumer goods company to an ISB (Infrastructure Support Business) focused enterprise. Included in this portfolio change was the acquisition of Bobcat, the world leader in compact construction equipment. He has also spearheaded Doosan’s broader globalization efforts, transforming the Korean company into a multi-national conglomerate with operations in more than 30 countries, with over 50 percent of its 43,000 employees working overseas. Mr. Park’s leadership has led Doosan to achieve a seven-fold revenue growth in just over a decade. Doosan’s success, and Mr. Park’s leadership, have received tremendous publicity abroad and are frequently benchmarked in the industry.
In acknowledgement of his leadership and expertise, Mr. Park was elected as Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in August 2013. The KCCI is the nation’s largest business organization encompassing 71 regional chambers and approximately 150,000 firms and industry associations in Korea. Mr. Park, as Chairman of the KCCI, plays a central role in representing diverse voices of businesses and building close partnerships between the private and public sectors.
Mr. Park has also been known for his devoted service to enhance the commercial ties between Korea and other countries, being awarded the Order of Civil Merit of Spain in 2003 and the Order of Leopold Ⅱ of Belgium in 2009. Mr. Park has been Chairman of the Korea-Spain Economic Cooperation Committee since 2000, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Special Olympics - Korea since 2011. Mr. Park has been described as an open and caring leader who places people at the core of his values, and is currently devoted to building a strong common corporate culture within Doosan designed to achieve unparalleled success of Doosan for another 100 years.
An avid photographer and dedicated athlete, Mr. Park spends his leisure time in pursuing documentary photography and cross-country trekking. Mr. Park has traversed the Korean Peninsula on foot, travelling 550 km along a north-south path and 320 km along a west-east path. Most recently he has walked across 230km around the southern coast, setting a record of total 1,100km.
Mr. Park is also a public figure known for his open communication through Twitter, with more than 155,000 followers.
Mr. Park received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Seoul National University in 1978 and his MBA from Boston University in 1982. He is fluent in English and Japanese.