LG Electronics appoints new executives
Incoming LG Electronics Vice Chairman Bon-joon Koo tapped Executive Vice President Havis Kwon to lead the company’s Home Entertainment (HE) Company and current head of mobile R&D, Dr. Jong-seok Park, to head-up LG’s Mobile Communications (MC) Company.
Havis Kwon, 55, has led Home Entertainment’s LCD TV division since 2007. He first joined LG Electronics (then GoldStar) in 1980. During Mr. Kwon’s tenure, LG became the second largest flat-panel TV company in the world. In addition to TVs, Mr. Kwon has held executive positions overseeing LG personal computer products as well. He graduated from Korea University in 1981 with a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering.
Jong-seok Park, 52, is a 30-year veteran of LG Electronics and previously headed LG’s mobile phone R&D operations. Mr. Park also has 17 years of experience in digital TV research and development. A graduate of Seoul National University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Mr. Park received his M.B.A. from McGill University in Canada and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Florida, U.S.A.
Dr. Skott Ahn, formerly President and CEO of LG’s MC Company, will take over the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) while Dr. Woo Paik, the outgoing CTO, takes on a newly-created role at LG responsible for identifying and developing new business aligned with technology.
LG전자 개요
LG전자는 가전제품, 전자제품, 자동차 부품 등 여러 분야에서 기술혁신을 선도하는 글로벌 리더이며 세계 130여 개 사업장에서 사업을 전개하고 있다. H&A (Home Appliance & Air Solution), HE (Home Entertainment), VS (Vehicle component Solutions), BS (Business Solutions)의 사업본부로 구성됐으며 TV, 세탁기, 냉장고, 자동차부품, 사이니지, 로봇 등 다양한 분야에서 시장을 선도하고 있다.
웹사이트: http://www.lge.co.kr
연락처
Ken Hong
LG Electronics, Inc.
Corporate Communications
+82 2 3777 3626
이메일 보내기
