By Kim Yoo-chul
SK hynix said Tuesday that it has hired former senior-level Samsung Electronics executive Oh Se-yong as president.
In a statement, SK Group’s chip-making affiliate scouted Oh to accelerate technology-focused growth. From 1994 to 2009, Oh worked at Samsung’s semiconductor division and was a professor at Seoul National University.
The appointment comes a few days after the group appointed SK hynix’s research and development chief Park Sung-wook as its new CEO replacing the outgoing Kwon Oh-chul.
SK hynix now has four presidents ― its CEO and President Park, corporate center head Kim Joon-ho, research fellow Park Sang-hoon and Oh.
The firm was acquired by SK Telecom last year. It said the global memory chip market is facing various inflection points, including an industry-wide reshuffle and preparations for the next-generation memory chips.
``In order to rapidly address such technical changes in the future, the industry requires technology leadership,’’ the company said.