Amsterdam, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Heineken N.V. today announces the appointments of Soren Hagh as President of the Europe region and Jacco van der Linden as President of the Asia Pacific region, both per 1 June 2020. Soren Hagh and Jacco van der Linden will join the HEINEKEN Executive Team per that same date. [...]
QUEBEC CITY, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LeddarTech®, an industry leader in LiDAR technology who provides the most versatile and scalable auto and mobility LiDAR platform in the market, is pleased to announce the addition of four executives to the corporation. In keeping with the growth and vision of LeddarTech, these individuals will each be leading a division [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent data has confirmed that it is almost impossible for bankers to reach executive positions. According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s Financial Statistics and Information System, out of 230,595 employees working in the country’s financial sector, including banks and insurers, as of the end of June, only 2,969 were [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Two in 5 executives at South Korea’s public corporations have been appointed through political connections without regard to their work capability or professionalism, a report said Wednesday. The report by CEO Score, which tracks corporate management, showed 118 out of the 316 executives at 35 state firms and their [...]
LONDON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — 84% of executives surveyed by PwC, report blockchain initiatives underway – 15% fully live. The new research from PwC – Blockchain is here. What’s your next move? – surveyed 600 executives in 15 countries and territories, on their development of blockchain and views on its potential. As blockchain rewires [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., Kwon Oh-hyun, ranked as South Korea’s highest annual salary earner last year, the third year in a row that he has topped the list of high-income corporate executives, according to a market tracker on Monday. According to FnGuide, Kwon took home [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced a reshuffle of executives Thursday as a follow-up step to the appointment of new heads of its major business divisions late last month. Through the regular reshuffle, the South Korean tech giant has promoted 221 executive-level employees, 99 of them from the crucial chip-making division, [...]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE:6501), today announced the appointments of two new executives to support the company’s industrial internet of things (IoT) and services portfolios. Brad Surak has been named chief product and strategy officer (CPSO), overseeing the development of Hitachi Vantara’s [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – “We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet,” said Democratic presidential nominee Hilary Clinton during the Democratic convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Korea cracked a similar glass ceiling in 2012, with President Park Geun-hye becoming the first woman president of Korea. But according to experts, Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – On March 23, Samsung Group executives took part in a lecture given by a renowned mathematician. Park Hyung-ju, a professor at Aju University and head of the National Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was invited to Samsung’s headquarters in Seocho to present a lecture on the history and importance of mathematics. Professor [...]