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Samsung Electronics reshuffles the president’s group in 2023, boldly chooses ‘technical talent’ … 7 promotions for president, 2 job changes

Promoted to president 7 (clockwise) Kim Woo-jun, Nam Seok-woo, Park Seung-hee, Baek Su-hyeon, Song Jae-hyeok, Yang Seol, Lee Young-hee.

On the 5th, Samsung Electronics announced the regular personnel of the 2023 president group, with a total of 9 people, including 7 promoted to president and 2 changed appointment duties.

The main features of this appointment to personnel presidents is to promote the vice president who contributed to the growth of the network business to the president and boldly appoint him as the head of the business department, and the vice president who contributed to the development and strengthen of the manufacturing capabilities of the semiconductor business he promoted to the president to prepare for the future of the core business. While confirming his will to strengthen, he promotes performance-oriented personnel and a female vice president with abilities and achievements for a president, presenting a vision for growth for female talent and providing an opportunity to boldly take on challenges.

▶ Promotion (7 people)

▷ Samsung Electronics DX Division Network Business Division Strategic Marketing Team Leader Kim Woo-joon Vice President → Samsung Electronics DX Network Business Division Business Division President

▷ Global Marketing Center of Samsung Electronics DX Division Vice President Lee Young-hee → President of Global Marketing Division of Samsung Electronics DX Division.

▷ Vice President of Manufacturing and Global Infrastructure Samsung Electronics DS Division Seok-Woo Nam → Samsung Electronics DS Division General Manager of Global Manufacturing and Infrastructure responsible for manufacturing.

▷Song Jae-hyeok, Vice President of Semiconductor Research Center of Samsung Electronics DS Division → CTO of Samsung Electronics DS Division a) President of Semiconductor Research Center.

▷Samsung Electronics DX Communications Division Team Leader Baek Soo-hyun Vice President → Samsung Electronics DX Communications Division Team Leader President.

▷ Vice President of Samsung C&T Construction Division Communication Team Park Seung-hee→ President in charge of CR (Corporate Relations) at Samsung Electronics.

▷ Samsung Electronics China Strategic Cooperation Office Deputy Director Yang Gul → President of Samsung Electronics China Strategic Cooperation Office.

▶ Change commissioned work (2 people)

▷ President of Network Business Division Samsung Electronics DX Division Jeon Jeon Jeon-hoon → CTO of Samsung Electronics DX Division and President of Samsung Research)

▷ Head of Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics DX Division, President Seung Hyeon-joon → Samsung Electronics DX Division, President of Samsung Research Global R&D Cooperation.

This is the background and the main promotion and job change profile.

▲ Kim Woo-joon, president of the Network Business Department of the DX division of Samsung Electronics, graduated from Seoul National University with a Ph.D. in electronic engineering. He held key positions as Head of Product Strategy Group, Head of Next Generation Strategy Group, and Strategic Marketing Team Leader at Samsung Electronics Network Division, while growing his business in various areas such as sales, technology, and strategy .

This promotion is expected to solidify the foundation for the next generation telecommunications network business and contribute to strengthening business competitiveness.

▲ Lee Young-hee, the president of the global marketing department of Samsung Electronics DX division, is a marketing expert from L’Oreal After joining Samsung Electronics in 2007, he created a success story for Galaxy marketing and contributed greatly to the enhancement of Samsung’s brand value Electronics has led the growth

After being promoted to president, she is expected to bring new vitality to the organization as the first female president of Samsung Electronics, along with demonstrating her capabilities such as customer-centric marketing innovation.

▲ Seok-Woo Nam, Global Manufacturing and Infrastructure General Manager of the DS Division at Samsung Electronics, is an expert in semiconductor process development and manufacturing, has contributed to strengthening the competitiveness of processes and manufacturing.

Vice President Seok-woo Nam, who has competence in processes and manufacturing / infrastructure / environmental safety, is expected to be promoted to president, accelerating the process of securing a higher gap in semiconductors.

▲ Song Jae-hyeok, CTO of Samsung Electronics DS Division and President of the Semiconductor Research Institute, contributed to the achievement of the world standard No.

Along with a promotion to the president, as CTO of the semiconductor business, he led the development of advanced processes for all semiconductor products and led to the strengthening of the competitiveness of semiconductor technology.

▲ Baek Soo-hyun, President of the Communications Team, DX Division, Samsung Electronics, is a public relations expert who was formerly the deputy director of SBS Press.

Through this promotion, we will strengthen internal and external strategic communication to communicate Samsung Electronics’ vision more effectively.

▲ Park Seung-hee, president of CR at Samsung Electronics, is a media PR expert who was formerly the editor-in-chief of the JoongAng Ilbo, and has served as the communication team leader of Samsung C&T’s construction division since December 2020. is expected to run smoothly .

▲ Gal Yang, president of the China Strategic Cooperation Office at Samsung Electronics, is an expert in semiconductor sales and marketing who has experienced various foreign sales subsidiaries.

After being promoted to president, he is expected to lead smooth cooperation and support based on his Chinese network and business insight as the head of the China Strategic Cooperation Office.

▲ Jeon Jeon Jeon, CTO of Samsung Electronics DX Division and President of Samsung Research, was a former professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology After joining Samsung Electronics in 2012, he was head of the next generation communication research team, development team leader network, and a network business department, achieving results such as the commercialization of 5G and the world’s first network. He is a communications technology specialist who has contributed to the growth of the business.

Based on technological leadership and strategic insight, as the head of Samsung Research, he is expected to lead the discovery of future food sources for Samsung Electronics by overseeing advanced research on the DX business.

▲ Hyeon-joon Seung, President of Global R&D Cooperation, Samsung Research, DX Division, Samsung Electronics, is the top expert in artificial intelligence (AI) The focus is expected to be on recruitment.

On the other hand, Samsung Electronics expects to maintain the current two-person CEO system to promote business stability in an uncertain internal and external environment, while providing an opportunity to leap forward as a first-class company focused on the customer through bold change and innovation to prepare for the future.

The 2023 regular executive personnel and organizational reorganization under the vice president will also be finalized and announced sooner or later.