SK C&C Launches Subsidiary 'Ackerton Partners'... Takes on Role of 'Digital Coach'

SK㈜ C&C held a plaque ceremony on the 10th to announce the launch of its digital consulting subsidiary, 'Accerton Partners.'

The plaque ceremony, held at the Yeongpung Building in Seorin-dong, Jongno-gu, was attended by about 10 people including SK㈜ C&C President Yoon Poong-young, CCO Kim Wan-jong, Accerton Partners CEO Yoo Hae-jin, CEO Hong Seung-min, and other related personnel.

Accerton Partners will serve as a digital coach that comprehensively supports everything from customers' business strategies to operations and actual field application. To this end, it provides comprehensive consulting on ▲digital transformation strategies and ESG strategies covering the entire enterprise ▲major business process innovation and informatization strategy planning ▲manufacturing engineering, among others.

Accerton Partners appointed Yoo Hae-jin, head of SK㈜ C&C ICT Digital Division, and Hong Seung-min, representative partner, as new CEOs. CEO Yoo joined SK㈜ C&C in 2007 as head of the telecommunications consulting team after working at consulting firm Accenture, handling strategic planning, high-tech business structure innovation, and manufacturing business development. From 2016 to 2019, he served as IT Strategy Director at SK Innovation. Currently, he is the top expert in telecommunications and manufacturing industry sectors responsible for digital innovation in SK㈜ C&C’s telecommunications, distribution, and logistics industries.

CEO Hong, who oversees customer business execution, has performed strategy and PI consulting at IBM GBS, EY, and Deloitte. He then led digital factory construction at POSCO DX, gaining experience from strategy to field operations, making him a guru-level expert in the manufacturing digital field.

Accerton Partners also plans to strengthen projects linked to large-scale financial and public sector businesses, including ▲informatization strategy planning and IT master plan establishment ▲customer experience innovation support projects tailored to customer business and marketing sites ▲AI and data consulting projects that help field workers directly plan, design, develop, and operate digital innovation.

CEO Hong said, "We launched with the determination to become a digital coach that creates customers' digital future," adding, "We will become a digital consulting partner that supports the entire process from customers' digital transformation consulting to execution."

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