Hankook Tire appoints new executives

In addition to new president and CEO Soo Il Lee, who will serve alongside Hyun Bum Cho as a separate representative of the company from 1 January 2018, Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has named a new executive vice-president, five senior vice-presidents and 17 vice-presidents. Announcing these appointments, the tyre maker states that it has restructured its organisation to “respond to the global market and customers with more agility.”

The new appointments include:

Executive vice-president: Dong Whan Moon, COO of Production Division.

Senior vice-president: Sung Ho Chung, plant managing director of Chongqing Plant, China Headquarters; Seung Bin Lim, division director of the Marketing division; Sang Hoon Lee, department director of Sales and Strategy, China Headquarters.

Vice-president: Yong Sub Chung, managing director of Australia, ASIA Region; Eui Don Suh, plant managing director of Jiaxing Plant, China Headquarters; Man Joo Kim, department director of Distribution, ASIA Region; Hyang Bong Kim, team manager of Jiangsu Plant, China Headquarters; Byung Hee Kim, America Headquarters corporate management team manager.