NC reorganizes around CBO... Yoon Song-i and Kim Taek-heon step down from C-level positions

NCSoft has carried out an organizational restructuring focused on game development and business divisions.

On the 8th, NC announced through an internal notice that it reorganized major development and business units centered around three Chief Business Officers (CBOs) and established a new CEO-direct organization responsible for planning coordination and legal affairs.

The three CBOs appointed are Vice President Lee Seong-gu, who oversees the entire 'Lineage' IP, Senior Executive Director Baek Seung-wook, who leads the development of 'Aion 2,' and Executive Director Choi Moon-young, who manages new intellectual property (IP) projects including 'Throne and Liberty' (TL). Executive Officer Im Won-gi, the PCO (Customer Communication Officer), was newly appointed as CBMO.

President Yoon Song-i, spouse of CEO Kim Taek-jin, and Senior Vice President Kim Taek-heon, his younger brother, have stepped down from their respective roles as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Chief Publishing Officer (CPO). President Yoon will focus on her roles as CEO of NCWest Holdings and Chairperson of the NC Cultural Foundation, while Vice President Kim will concentrate on managing overseas subsidiaries such as NC America LLC.

This organizational restructuring is interpreted as a commitment to management innovation. NC recently appointed Park Byung-moo, a legal professional and CEO of VIG Partners, as co-CEO for the first time since its founding. Since October last year, NC has launched a Change Management Committee to improve organizational and decision-making systems, reduce costs, and strengthen new growth capabilities and competitiveness, focusing on management efficiency.

Additionally, last month, NC announced the dissolution of the new financial AI business unit, the 'Financial Biz Center,' and this month decided to close its subsidiary Entrib Soft as of February 15, notifying about 70 employees of recommended resignation.

An NC official stated, "We have carried out an organizational restructuring based on selection and concentration to respond decisively to the management environment," adding, "This is to enhance mutual collaboration capabilities as one team and actively respond to changes in the management environment while promoting future growth."

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