Samsung Display Appoints Choi Ju-seon, Head of Large Business Division, as New President

Kim Seong-cheol, Vice President and Head of Small and Medium Display Division, Promoted to President

Choi Ju-seon, CEO promoted in the 2021 Samsung Display president personnel reshuffle

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Samsung Display announced on the 2nd its 2021 regular executive promotion, appointing Vice President Choi Ju-seon as CEO and promoting Vice President Kim Seong-cheol to President.

President Choi, who was promoted this time, holds a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He is a semiconductor design expert who has served as head of DRAM Development at Samsung Electronics Memory Division, head of Strategic Marketing Team, and head of the Device Solutions (DS) Division in the Americas. Since January this year, he has moved to Samsung Display, leading the Large Display Business Division and spearheading the development of Quantum Dot (QD) displays.

President Choi is expected to lead the first-class status and new leap of the display business based on his semiconductor success know-how and experience.

In this personnel move, Kim Seong-cheol, head of Samsung Display’s Small and Medium Display Business Division, was promoted to President. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Kyung Hee University and is an OLED expert who has led the growth of the OLED business by serving as head of OLED Development, director of the Display Research Institute, and head of the Small and Medium Display Business Division.

President Kim is expected to elevate the next-generation research and development (R&D) capabilities of the display business to a new level based on his technological leadership.

President Kim Seong-cheol, Head of the Small and Medium Display Business Division, promoted in the 2021 Samsung Display executive personnel reshuffle

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