SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that SK Holdings C&C Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Park Jung-ho has been appointed as the new President and CEO of SK Telecom. Since joining Sunkyong Group (which is now SK Holdings) in 1989, Park has served various key positions within the SK Group. From [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — To further accelerate Datameer’s existing big data market and product success, the company today announced the appointment of seasoned industry veteran, Christian Rodatus, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). “Datameer has been at the forefront of big data analytics since it first entered the market in 2009 and has [...]
DODGEVILLE, Wis., Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Lands’ End, Inc. (NASDAQ:LE) today announced that its Board of Directors has named Jerome Griffith to be the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer. Griffith is a highly respected global executive with extensive experience driving growth and innovation for iconic consumer brands, who most recently served as President and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Group appears to be in a quandary over when to conduct a leadership shakeup amid a nation-rocking political scandal, which has also forced the country’s top conglomerate to delay a couple of year-end events, sources said Tuesday. Samsung has indefinitely postponed its annual management reshuffle, which used to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday reshuffled its top management, shifting from group management by three co-chief executive officers to leadership by one top manager to better cope with the rapidly changing global market environment. Jo Seong-jin, 60, head of LG’s home and appliance business division, took the post of [...]
LIMA, Peru, Nov. 17, 2016 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half the businesses in the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation’s (APEC) 21 economies (53%) surveyed by PwC this year plan to increase their investments over the next 12 months. This is despite reporting fragile confidence in prospects for revenue growth over the next year and disappointment with pace of progress on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The average tenure of CEOs at South Korea’s top 30 conglomerates and their affiliates is 2.5 years, with 18 percent of them leaving in less than a year, a survey by a corporate tracker said Wednesday. According to CEO Score, executives stayed on for more than three years at [...]
CHANDLER, Ariz., Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Isola Group, a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), announced today that its board of directors has appointed Jeff Waters as president and CEO, effective immediately. Waters succeeds Interim CEO Jeffery McCreary, who was brought in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Hotels & Resorts, Lotte Group’s hotel unit, said Monday it will actively look for overseas business opportunities through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) once it acquires cash from the highly anticipated initial public offering. Lotte Hotel last month submitted its application for market floatation on the Seoul bourse, taking [...]
CHANDLER, Ariz., Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Isola Group, a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), announced today the decision of its current President and Chief Executive Officer Ray Sharpe to retire. Mr. Sharpe will stay with Isola until his successor has joined [...]