Mr. Yoon-Ho Ha took on the stewardship for Samsung Asia Pte Ltd in May 2008. Based in Singapore, Samsung Asia is the regional headquarters for all Samsung Electronics’ businesses in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Ha served as the Senior Vice President of Display (Monitor business) Sales & Marketing Team in Visual Display Division. His 30-year career with Samsung has seen him managing a wide portfolio of products in different countries. Mr. Ha served as the Vice President in charge of the Regional Strategy Team responsible for devising marketing strategies for each of the world’s major regions. Some of the key positions held by Mr. Ha include President of Samsung Electronics Germany, Vice President of Samsung Electronics Italy and General Manager in charge of European color TV sales.
Samsung Asia registered record sales of US$11.4 billion in 2007, a healthy 15 per cent increase from the previous year, and it is Mr. Ha’s priority to continue this growth momentum. The company has a staff strength of more than 7,000 in the region.
Mr. Ha graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies as a Spanish major in 1978.
Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Spencer Shim heads Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Shim served as the General Manager of the Marketing Division in China Headquarters. Mr. Shim also served as the Chief Country Representative from 1993 to 1998 in the Philippines.
Mr. Shim possesses extensive overseas management experience from his past 24 years in Samsung. He has held key positions from Research & Development, Planning, to Sales & Marketing.
With Samsung being named as the fastest growing brand in the country, Mr. Shim’s priority is to continue to build on this success for Samsung to ascend as the Most Admired Company in the Philippines. To achieve this goal, Mr. Shim elucidates on his corporate philosophy – Balance. Balance can be achieved by working on the three operational excellence systems: Detailed Management, Field Management and Efficiency & Effectiveness.
Mr. Shim graduated from Sungkyun Kwan University with degree in Engineering.
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