KS (Kilsu) Cho

General Manager, Pulmuone Foods North America; Fullerton, CA

KS (Kilsu) Cho is general manager of Pulmuone Foods North America. In his current role, he provides strategic direction for Pulmuone's core growth strategies and oversees all aspects of the company’s nearly $250 million dollar food business, which includes brands such as Nasoya, Plantspired, Wildwood, and Pulmuone. Under his leadership, Pulmuone has experienced record-setting growth and continues to be a leading provider of plant-based and Asian-inspired foods. In his more than thirty years in the consumer packaged goods industry, he has led successful global businesses including fourteen years at Johnson & Johnson and five years at Diageo Korea. In 2010, Kilsu was appointed managing director at Johnson & Johnson, the largest and most diversified healthcare company in the world, where he was responsible for North Asia (Great China and Korea), South Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Kilsu earned his degree from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, in 1983.