Vice President Kim Ju-hyeong promoted and appointed as new CEO

Wacom Korea, the Korean subsidiary of Wacom, a company specializing in tablets, announced that it has promoted and appointed Vice President Kim Ju-hyeong as its new CEO.

New CEO Kim Ju-hyeong (47) transferred to Korea in 2004 while working at Wacom's headquarters in Japan to take charge of establishing Wacom's local subsidiary in Korea, and has been working to expand Wacom Korea's business for 12 years as of this year. At a time when digital creative tools were used only in professional fields, CEO Kim introduced various models of pen tablets and LCD tablets to the domestic market and carried out aggressive sales and marketing activities. As a result, Wacom's tablets grew rapidly into a brand recognized for their technology and quality by everyone from beginners to professionals.

CEO Kim Ju-hyung has served as the Vice President of Sales/Marketing Business Strategy since 2011 and has successfully led the business by overseeing channel management, B2B, and online business divisions.

New CEO Kim Ju-hyeong first became associated with Wacom in 2002 when he joined Wacom’s headquarters in Japan (WACOM Company Limited, Asia Pacific, Saitama HQ & Tokyo) and was responsible for sales in the Asia region. A veteran with over 18 years of experience in the electronics and IT fields, CEO Kim studied economics at Waseda University in Japan and previously served in overseas sales at Shibaura Electronics and in the business development division at SGS in Japan. CEO Kim enjoys table tennis and baseball as hobbies and is actively involved in the company's baseball team, even playing as the cleanup hitter.

CEO Kim Ju-hyung stated, “Wacom has contributed to the popularization of the digital creation industry with its unrivaled pen tablet technology. Korea is a market with unique potential that has grown the added value of the creative industry by exerting unrivaled global influence in the webtoon and game industries from an early stage.” He added, “As Wacom is recognized as a global leader not only in the creative industry but also in various fields such as healthcare, education, and the public sector, we will further solidify our market leadership in Korea through strategic sales and marketing activities that actively respond to the demands of diverse products and markets in the future.”