{"id":25615,"date":"2020-01-08T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T09:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=25615"},"modified":"2020-01-08T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:24:33","slug":"soo-ii-lee-to-head-hankook-tire-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/soo-ii-lee-to-head-hankook-tire-america\/25615","title":{"rendered":"Soo II Lee to head Hankook Tire America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hankook Tire America Corp. has appointed Soo II Lee to the role of president, effective later this month.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25616\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25616\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-5.16.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-5.16.35-PM.png 660w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-5.16.35-PM-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soo II Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He succeeds\u00a0Hosung Suh, who will return to Hankook&#8217;s global headquarters in Seoul to take over a new position this month.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, who previously served as president and COO of the America headquarters from 2009 through 2012, will split his time between Hankook&#8217;s America headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee and the global headquarters in\u00a0Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am looking forward to the opportunity to lead Hankook Tire&#8217;s team in America,&#8221; said Lee. &#8220;As we move into this new decade, I am excited about being able to continue the growth of our American headquarters as well as implement the necessary strategic initiatives that will continue our goal of becoming a global leader in the tyre industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hankook Tire America Corp. has appointed Soo II Lee to the role of president, effective later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":25616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hankook","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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