LG Uplus Promotes Vice President Kwon Junhyuk... Executive Personnel Changes Announced

1 Vice President Promotion, 6 New Executive Directors Appointed

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] LG Uplus announced on the afternoon of the 24th that it held a board meeting and carried out executive appointments for 2023, including the promotion of one vice president and the new appointment of six managing directors.

This executive appointment focused on accelerating new business initiatives in line with the 'Uplus 3.0' era declared by LG Uplus last September, strengthening the foundation of existing businesses, and establishing a sustainable growth base. In particular, the focus was on actively appointing talented individuals capable of leading profitability enhancement in existing businesses at customer touchpoints and strengthening quality competitiveness to innovate customer experience.

Born in 1967, newly appointed Vice President Kwon Jun-hyuk (photo) oversees the communication network, the foundation of telecommunications. Vice President Kwon is recognized for contributing to the efficient operation and quality improvement of the communication network by establishing processes to detect and address faults through the digital transformation (DX) of the network. He is expected to enhance network technology competitiveness by providing differentiated network quality to customers through network construction incorporating various new technologies and thoroughly preparing for the upcoming 6G era.

Managing Director Kang Bong-su has been responsible for enhancing service quality competitiveness since 2019. Recognizing his achievements, he was appointed this year as the head of the Quality Innovation Center, the company-wide quality control tower. The company expects Managing Director Kang to contribute to expanding LG Uplus's digital touchpoints with customers, deeply understanding customers, and successfully promoting core platform businesses through thorough quality management.

LG Uplus explained, "Beyond the traditional telecommunications business area, we aimed to appoint talent who prioritize customers for the Uplus 3.0 era, which creates customer-centric platforms and services based on data and technology to discover future growth engines, and who can strengthen profitability through solid operation of existing businesses."

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