PLT Appoints Rodolphe Hang as Business Development Director, EMEA

Morristown, NJ, USA 18 October 2022 – PLT Health Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has  appointed Edward Kim as General Director, South Korea and Rodolphe Hang as Business Development Director, EMEA to support the company’s expanding global presence. Mr. Hang will be based France and  Mr. Kim in Korea.

An industry veteran of 20 years, immediately prior to joining PLT, Mr. Kim ran his own ingredient and  consulting firm – Henus – which distributed functional ingredients and managed HFFI ingredient  registrations for the Korean market. Before joining PLT, Mr. Hang worked for nearly a decade at various  positions at Glanbia Performance Nutrition in Europe and the Middle East. In their new roles at PLT  Health Solutions, they will be responsible for defining, developing, and executing PLT’s sales and  marketing efforts in their respective regions, working closely with key accounts, and managing PLT’s  global distributor network. The addition of Mr. Kim and Mr. Hang is the latest advancement in PLT Health  Solutions significant expansion of its international footprint and associated development of ingredient  solutions that meet the needs of global markets.

According to Seth Flowerman, President and CEO of PLT Health Solutions, welcoming Mr. Kim and Mr.  Hang to the PLT team will further help the company build global sales and marketing capabilities as a  leading provider of best-in-class health solutions for supplement, food and beverage companies. “PLT  Health Solutions has operated as a global ingredient supplier for decades. As we continue our strategic  international expansion, we look forward to building deeper relationships with our global customers and  partners to support the development of the next generation of leading consumer products,” he said.  “Edward Kim has excellent experience advancing HFFI ingredients in the Korean market – which is one of  our fastest growing regions. Rodolphe Hang is an experienced entrepreneurial leader and creative  product developer with proven success in the EMEA region,” he said.

A Pair of Industry Veterans

Mr. Kim served in the Korean military for three years before working in software and mobile solutions  content for SK Telecom. He participated in the startup of ingredient trading company PORYIALK in 2003.  In 2009, he started his own company. Before his military service, Mr. Kim studied Environmental Geology  at Boston University.

During his tenure at Glanbia, Mr. Hang initially served as Commercial Manager, EMEA for Sports  Nutrition before taking on a role as Country Manager/President, France. Earlier in his career, he was  European Sales manager, Dietary Supplements for Goldshield Pharmaceutical and was a Sales and  Export manager in the laboratory equipment field.

Mr. Hang holds MSc & MBA degree from the INSEEC School of Business and Economics and a  Bachelor’s in Business from SUP de V In France.