Companies are increasingly investing in female inclusion, such as Nubank with the “Hack Her_Way” program. Now Samsung is announcing its first female president during its 2023 appointments to the company. Lee Young-heewho was vice president of the DX Division’s Global Marketing Center and has just been promoted.
The DX Division (Device eXperience) is responsible for Samsung’s mobile sector, one of the most important at the moment. Young-hee specializes in marketing and has been working in South Korea since 2007 and in this area since 2012, where she built a solid and competent career participating in several launches for the Galaxy brand.
In addition to Young-hee, 6 other executives were also promoted to presidents of Samsung. Among them are:
Kim Woo-joonNetwork Business department in the DX Division;
Nam Seok-wooManufacturing and Global Infrastructure in the DS Division;
Song Jae-hyeokSemiconductor Research Center in DS Division;
Baek Soo-hyunCommunications Team in the DX Division;
Park Seung-heeCorporate Relations at Samsung Electronics;
Yang GulStrategic Cooperation Office at, Samsung China.
Jeon Gyeong-hoon is another name that enters the top echelon of the company, he was President of the Network Business Department in the DX Division and CTO and President of Samsung Research in the same division. The latest name announced today in the presidency is Seung Hyun-joon, who will now be President of Samsung Research’s Global R&D Cooperation in the DX Division.
Samsung hopes to inspire other female workers within the company to strive for higher positions by increasingly empowering and promoting the Galaxy brand as a symbol of inclusion.
Despite everything, Samsung has not yet appointed a new president for the home appliances sector, as Lee Jae-seung resigned from his position in October this year due to personal reasons. Since then, the company’s co-CEO Han Jong-hee has overseen this department.
