LG Display to replace its chief executive amid mounting losses
Reuters
Published Sep 16, 2019 04:28AM ET
LG Display to replace its chief executive amid mounting losses
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd (KS:034220) on Monday said it has named LG Chem (KS:051910) President Jeong Ho-young as its new chief executive officer.
LG Display, a supplier to Apple (O:AAPL), said in a statement that Chief Executive Han Sang-beom offered to step down over mounting losses.
LG Display has been struggling with a global supply glut in liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) used in television sets, which has pushed down prices. Like many other global tech firms, it is also dealing with uncertainties caused by a Sino-U.S. trade dispute involving import tariffs on tech goods and services.
The display maker said in a statement it held an emergency board meeting to accept Han's resignation and appointed Jeong, the current chief operation officer and chief finance officer at LG Chem.
The appointment of a new CEO is subject to the approval of shareholders at a meeting scheduled next March.
In the second quarter, LG Display said its operating loss widened to 369 billion won ($313.02 million) from 228 billion won a year earlier, hit by declining prices of its main product, 50-inch liquid-crystal displays (LCDs).
"The global supply and demand balance in the display industry is still off as government-backed Chinese display makers are pouring out panels, leading to drop the display prices," said Park Sung-soon, an analyst at Cape Investment & Securities.
LG Display's cross-town rival Samsung (KS:005930) Display said in August it is considering suspending one of its LCD production lines in South Korea due to a supply glut.
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