Naver accelerates AI strategy as it eyes record earnings

Naver is strengthening its C-suite leadership to drive further growth in artificial intelligence (AI) as it expects to post record-high earnings for 2025 with an aggressive push to embed AI initiatives across key services such as e-commerce, advertising and cloud. The company announced that it will appoint three new top-level executives, effective Feb. 1, reshaping its leadership team. Naver named Kim Kwang-hyun, head of the company’s search and data platform division, as the new chief data & contents officer, tasked with accelerating the rollout of AI agents across Naver’s core services and advancing the integration of search and data technology platforms. Yoo Bong-seok, the former head of policy and risk management, will be chief corporate responsibility officer, overseeing company-wide policy and risk management amid tightening global regulations and growing scrutiny of platform responsibility. Hwang Soon-bae, head of human resources, will be promoted to chief human resources officer to lead organizational strategy in the AI era. The move comes as Naver is widely expected to recorWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times