Make An Impact That Matters
The management is here to help our team to make an impact on ourselves, our clients, and the society in which we are operating.
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Our team and clients are the heart of our business.
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Our long-term commitment is to provide quality products, flawless service for clients and opportunities for each team member to grow, develop and advance his or her career at POLARIS BIO.
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We have continued to invest in our team and work towards building a better working culture.
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Our core values - ‘Respect Each Other’ and ‘Client Satisfaction' - have helped us expand our business and grow together.
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LEADERSHIP
Kim Junghwan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Kim Junghwan is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bio Co., Ltd., a renewable energy company specialising in waste-based biofuel across Southeast Asia and Korea.
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He brings nearly two decades of experience in the biodiesel and chemical industry. Before founding Polaris Bio in 2019, he spent fifteen years with leading Korean biodiesel manufacturers, building deep expertise in the trading and development of waste-based energy products. He established the company with a clear aim: to convert industrial waste streams into clean energy and deliver measurable climate impact.
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Under his direction, Polaris Bio has grown into a rare Korea–ASEAN operator in the waste-to-energy sector, supplying ISCC EU–certified biofuel. He is now driving the company's expansion into next-generation fuels. Having established waste feedstock collection points across Southeast Asia, Polaris Bio is scaling its supply network to serve the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and bio marine fuel markets as the decarbonisation of aviation and shipping accelerates.
Mina Choi
Co-founder & Marketing Director
Mina Choi is a co-founder and Marketing Director of Polaris Bio Co., Ltd. Based in Malaysia, she leads carbon credit project development alongside the company's local operations and partnerships.
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She brings around ten years of experience spanning international sales and brand communications before co-founding Polaris Bio with Kim Junghwan in 2019.
At the company she oversees on-the-ground operations in Malaysia and serves as the principal point of contact for external partners and stakeholders, developing cross-border carbon credit projects under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement.
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She spearheaded the development of the Terengganu Palm Oil Mill Biogas Upgrading Project — one of the first Korea–Malaysia initiatives to generate Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement.
