Fifty-one-year-old Roh, who until now had headed the R&D section of the mobile phone division, has spearheaded the development of three major high-end phone series for the South Korean company: Galaxy S, Note and the recent Galaxy Fold, which is the first foldable smartphone launched on the global market.
With this appointment, the tech giant appears to want to infuse new energy into its mobile phone division at a time of intense competition with Chinese manufacturers.
Koh, 58, will retain his position as president and CEO of the
Along with Koh,
Usually, readjustments in the management of the powerful South Korean company are carried out in December, however, it was delayed this time owing to the retrial of its de facto leader,
Last year, the country's Supreme Court ordered a Lee's retrial for his alleged role in the so called "Korean Rasputin" corruption scandal, which shook the Asian country's political and business foundations in 2017, considering that he should have faced additional charges of bribery.
Lee went on to spend a year in jail and was then released after an appeals court reduced the original five-year prison sentence he had been given.
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