Sunshine Homes (SSH) Replaces Korean CEO Jun Sungbae With Dinh Chi Hieu
This Aveluro analysis covers SSH on UPCOM in the Real Estate sector. The classified event type is leadership change, with neutral sentiment and a deterministic market-impact score of 5.0/10. Source coverage came from Tuổi Trẻ - Kinh doanh, classified as a primary/top-tier source.
Key Facts
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Overview
Sunshine Homes (SSH), listed on UPCOM, has dismissed CEO and legal representative Jun Sungbae and appointed Dinh Chi Hieu, a deputy CEO of parent Sunshine Group (KSF), to both roles for a five-year term. The board resolution completes a near-total turnover of SSH’s executive leadership in 2026, at a time when KSF holds 99.96% of the company following a 2025 share-swap tender offer.
Key Facts
- SSH’s board removed Jun Sungbae as CEO and legal representative and appointed Dinh Chi Hieu to both positions for a five-year term, per the board resolution.
- Jun Sungbae, born in 1985, had served as CEO and legal representative since March 2025; he remains a member of the board of directors.
- Dinh Chi Hieu, born in 1977 in Hà Nội, held no position at SSH and owned no SSH shares before the appointment, according to the disclosure filed with the resolution.
- Hieu is currently a deputy CEO of Sunshine Group (KSF), which owns 99.96% of Sunshine Homes.
- Deputy CEO Phan Ích Long left in February 2026 and deputy CEO Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh left in June 2026, leaving Jun as the sole remaining member of the executive board before his removal.
- In mid-May 2026, Nguyen Nam Viet left the board and Le Thao Linh was appointed an independent board member.
- Under a September 2025 State Securities Commission filing, KSF issued 599.8 million KSF shares to swap for 374.9 million SSH shares.
What Happened
Sunshine Homes’ board of directors issued a resolution dismissing Jun Sungbae as CEO and legal representative and naming Dinh Chi Hieu as his replacement for a five-year term, according to the company’s disclosure. The filing states that Hieu, born in 1977 in Hà Nội, held no position at SSH and owned no SSH shares prior to the appointment. He is a deputy CEO of Sunshine Group (KSF), the shareholder holding 99.96% of Sunshine Homes, and also serves as CEO and chairman of Unicloud Technology Group, CEO of Unicloud Technology Investment, and chairman of ODE Media and Entertainment Group. He is additionally deputy director of Vietnet Investment and Technology and chairman of the members’ councils of Kim Thanh Trading and Cam Dinh Ecological Investment. All six of those companies are headquartered at Sunshine Center, 16 Pham Hung, Hà Nội, the same building as Sunshine Group and Sunshine Homes.
Jun Sungbae, born in 1985, had held the CEO and legal representative roles since March 2025 and remains on the board. His removal follows the departures of deputy CEO Phan Ích Long in February 2026 and deputy CEO Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh in June 2026, which had left Jun as the only member of the executive board. The board itself changed in mid-May 2026, when Nguyen Nam Viet stepped down and Le Thao Linh was appointed as an independent member. The personnel changes come after Sunshine Group effectively took full control of Sunshine Homes through a 2025 public tender offer structured as a share swap; a late-September 2025 State Securities Commission letter noted that KSF issued 599.8 million shares to exchange for 374.9 million SSH shares.
Market Context
SSH trades on UPCOM, the Hanoi-based unlisted public company market, and closed at VND 60,000 on 7 September 2026, according to the price context provided. The stock sits in the Vietnamese real estate sector, where developer equities have been sensitive to credit policy, bond refinancing and consolidation activity. The leadership change is a governance event at a company that is now almost wholly owned by KSF, so free-float and liquidity considerations are likely to matter more to outside holders than the identity of the CEO. The filing does not disclose any change to SSH’s ownership structure or capital plan.
Strategic Significance
The appointment of a parent-company executive as CEO and legal representative formalizes KSF’s operational control of SSH after the share-swap tender. For long-term investors, the key question is whether Hieu’s mandate is to integrate SSH more tightly into Sunshine Group’s project pipeline, treasury and branding, or to preserve SSH as a separately listed vehicle with its own minority shareholders. His simultaneous roles across six KSF-affiliated entities based at Sunshine Center suggest a centralized group structure rather than an independent SSH management layer. The near-absence of an executive bench after three departures in 2026 also raises questions about succession depth and board oversight, which the May appointment of an independent director only partly addresses.
What to Watch
- SSH’s next annual or extraordinary general meeting filings for any changes to the board, charter or related-party transaction policy.
- Disclosure of Hieu’s remuneration and any related-party transactions between SSH and the six Sunshine Center-based companies he chairs or manages.
- KSF’s next consolidated financial statements for how SSH is reported within the group and whether further ownership changes are planned.
- UPCOM trading liquidity and free-float data for SSH, given KSF’s 99.96% holding.
- Any State Securities Commission or Hanoi Stock Exchange request for additional disclosure on the CEO change or the 2025 share-swap tender.