Appoints New Executives, Streamlines Structure and Creates B2B Company for 2018 and Beyond
LG Electronics (LG) announced the appointment of new
executives to lead the Mobile Communications Company, Chief Technology Office
and Global Marketing Center as part of its sweeping realignment to better
address the challenges ahead. It also named the establishment of the new B2B
Company, to expand upon its successful commercial operations and to consolidate
existing business-to-business functions across various LG Electronics
divisions.
Hwang Jeong-hwan has been named president and CEO of the LG
Mobile Communications Company while current president Juno Cho takes on a new
role within LG’s parent company. Mr. Hwang, who has years of experience in
R&D, was closely involved in developing one of LG’s first smartphones in
2009 as head of the CTO’s Multimedia R&D Lab.
Dr. Park Il-pyung, head of LG’s Software Center, will take
on the role of Chief Technology Officer with current CTO Dr. Skott Ahn taking
on a new position in LG Corp. Before joining LG, Dr. Park was Chief Technology
Officer at Harman International and head of the Intelligent Computing Lab at
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. Dr. Park received his Ph.D. in
Computer Science from Columbia University and holds a number of patents in the
field of computing.
Han Chang-hee, most recently vice president of appliance
marketing communications, has been tapped to lead LG’s worldwide marketing
efforts as head of the Global Marketing Center. Brian Na, who led LG’s global
marketing efforts for the past two years, will assume the role of president of
LG’s Western Europe operations.
To expand upon its success in the commercial sector, LG is
establishing the B2B Company to oversee all aspects of business-to-business
product sales including energy, information displays, vertical solutions. Kwon
Soon-hwang, formerly head of LG’s Business Solutions Company and head of LG’s
India operations, has been named president of the newly-formed B2B Company.
The Convergence Business Development Center will be
established to identify and initiate corporate-wide initiatives related to
artificial intelligence, IoT solutions and device-to-device connectivity.
All appointments are effective as of December 1, 2017 with
promotions taking effect on January 1, 2018.
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