'혈연보다 절차' 앞세운 SK㈜, CEO 승계정책 첫 문서화

SK Group's formal CEO succession policy marks a critical shift toward board-level procedural governance in Korea's conglomerates, addressing leadership vacuum vulnerabilities that can paralyze group-wide strategic decision-making. By institutionalizing candidate management rather than relying on informal practices, SK Corporation enhances predictability and shareholder protection—lessons learned from past corporate crises like Samsung's 2017 leadership crisis. The policy's real-world success will depend on whether merit-based selection equally evaluates professional executives and owning family members, setting a benchmark for Korean large corporations' governance evolution.