{"id":20521,"date":"2018-08-31T12:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=20521"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:52:46","slug":"kyungtai-ju-is-appointed-president-of-kumho-tire-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/kyungtai-ju-is-appointed-president-of-kumho-tire-europe\/20521","title":{"rendered":"Kyungtai Ju is appointed president of Kumho Tyre Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With immediate effect, Kyungtai Ju has been appointed the new President of Kumho Tyre Europe GmbH. He replaces Changrin Suk, who will return to Kumho\u2019s Korean headquarters with responsibility for global sales.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/615bee98-2084-4967-a4bb-f6866e28e223.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/615bee98-2084-4967-a4bb-f6866e28e223.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/615bee98-2084-4967-a4bb-f6866e28e223-300x180.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kyungtai Ju has held a variety positions at Kumho, a company he has now served for almost 30 years. Commencing his career at the Korean headquarters in 1990, he then moved to Kumho Mexico as Branch Manager in 1996 before heading up the company\u2019s Italian office in Milan in 2003. In 2011 he took up a position in Kumho Tire USA before returning to Korea 12 months later in the role of Senior Vice-President of Global Marketing. Last year he was promoted to the position of Executive Vice-President before being placed in charge of global sales.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ju, 51, said of his latest role: \u201cI\u2019m very happy to be appointed President of Kumho Tyre Europe. As is well known, the current situation at Kumho is not easy and it\u2019s a big challenge for my team and I to again extend Kumho\u2019s position in Europe. However, employing all my experience and knowledge of the tyre industry, I will do my best to optimize and increase the company\u2019s place in this ever-competitive market, while always bearing in mind the needs of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With immediate effect, Kyungtai Ju has been appointed the new President of Kumho Tyre Europe GmbH. 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