Sejin An, Head of Lotte Future Strategy Institute... Nam Changhee Appointed CEO of Lotte Himart

Lee Gap Appointed Vice President and Head of Communications at Lotte Holdings

Sejin An, Head of Lotte Future Strategy Research Institute. (Photo by Lotte Group)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] An Se-jin, General Manager of Lotte Group's Hotel Division, has been appointed as the head of the Lotte Future Strategy Institute, and Nam Chang-hee, CEO of Lotte Super, will take on the role of CEO of Lotte Hi-Mart. Lee Gap, Vice President and Head of Communications at Lotte Holdings, was also appointed.

On the 15th, Lotte announced that it held board meetings for 35 affiliates, including Lotte Holdings, and carried out the regular executive appointments for 2023.

An will focus on establishing new strategic directions to create future growth engines for the entire Lotte Group at the Lotte Future Strategy Institute. An comes from the global consulting firm Kearney and was in charge of new business and business strategy at LG Group and LS Group from 2005 to 2017. Since 2018, he served as CEO of Nolbu at Morgan Stanley PE, and last year was appointed as General Manager of Lotte Group's Hotel Division.

CEO Nam plans to solidify profitability improvement and the status as the number one specialized electronics company based on over 30 years of direct purchase distribution experience. Nam joined Lotte Mart in 1992 and served as Head of Marketing in 2007 and Head of Product Management. He was Head of Product Headquarters in 2014, Head of Grocery Headquarters in 2016, Head of Product Planning (MD) Headquarters and Customer Headquarters in 2017. Since 2020, he has been serving as CEO of Lotte Super.