Hyosung IT affiliate Hyosung ITX held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and a board meeting on the 18th, appointing Hong Hye-jin, Head of IT Strategy at Hyosung Co., Ltd. (Vice President), as the new CEO.
On the same day, Hyosung ITX transitioned to a dual CEO system with Nam Kyung-hwan as CEO of the existing business division including contact centers, and the newly appointed Hong Hye-jin as CEO of the IT new business division.
The company explained that this was "to maximize synergy effects through responsible management of each business division."
CEO Hong is an IT expert who has led IT strategy and marketing for over 30 years at Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDS. She graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Computational Statistics in 1988 and earned a master's degree in Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008.
While serving as Vice President at Samsung SDS, she led the entire value chain business including IT solution and service planning, development, marketing, and sales. Hyosung ITX expects to expand its IT business based on CEO Hong’s business insight and extensive network.
CEO Hong stated, "I will take charge of and nurture new business divisions such as digital transformation and Internet Data Centers (IDC)," adding, "I plan to devote all efforts to discovering new future businesses."
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