HR is one of the main keys that supports the success and sustainability of the Company. By paying attention to the human resource management approach as part of a long-term strategy for creating corporate value, the Company seeks to prioritize HR planning, management, and development.

The Company periodically reviews the recruitment-selection-work placement system, performance evaluation system, employee competency improvement system, compensation and retention system, as well as the occupational-healthsafety-security system.

The profile of the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021 (excluding the employees of GEAR group but including those of GEMS and subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated), is shown as follows: