SK Telecom announced on the 30th that it has appointed Jaeheon Jeong, President of External Cooperation, as its new CEO.
New CEO Jaeheon Jeong, a lawyer by training, joined SKT in 2020 as Head of the Legal Group.
As a founding member of SK Square in 2021, he served as Head of the Investment Support Center and oversaw key company departments, including strategy, legal affairs, and finance.
Since 2024, he has been in charge of ESG, CR, and PR functions as the President of External Cooperation at SKT, and has also served as the Governance Committee Chairman of the SUPEX Pursuit Council, the highest decision-making body of SK Group, and has been responsible for advancing the group-wide management system.
CEO Jeong was evaluated as the right person to lead SKT’s AI and telecommunications businesses by establishing AI governance at SKT, which concretizes AI pursuit values and codes of conduct to ensure the reliability and safety of AI technology, and by leading efforts to restore customer trust and strengthen information protection systems related to cyberattacks.
CEO Jeong is a professional manager with a legal background who has extensive experience in public service and has held key positions within the group, including as the Chairman of the Governance Committee of the SUPEX Pursuit Council, Head of the Investment Support Center at SK Square, and President of External Cooperation at SKT. He is expected to focus on solidifying the organization’s fundamentals and restoring internal and external trust based on fundamentals and principles.
By connecting AI infrastructure, services, and data governance, we anticipate establishing stable leadership in systematically advancing into a global AI company.
SKT also appointed SK Square CEO Han Myung-jin as the new head of its newly launched communications CIC (Corporate Information Center).
During his tenure at SK Square, CIC Chairman Han is credited with significantly increasing the company’s corporate value through portfolio rebalancing and profitability improvement.