Upstage recruits former McKinsey employees to strengthen business capabilities
2021/04/16Upstage recruits two McKinsey graduates to strengthen business capabilities
KIM SOO-HO, FORMER PARTNER OF MCKINSEY SEOUL OFFICE, JOINED AS ADVISOR… AI ROADMAP AND BUSINESS STRATEGY ADVISOR
AS AI BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT LEADER, KWON SOON-IL, FORMER MCKINSEY TEAM LEADER, APPOINTED ELEMENT AI NORTHEAST ASIA DIRECTOR
(Upstage = 2021/04/06 ) Upstage (CEO Kim Seong-hoon), who helps companies with AI (artificial intelligence) transformation, announced on the 6th that it had recruited people from McKinsey & Company, a world-class management consulting company.
Upstage appointed Kim Soo-ho, former partner of McKinsey & Company Seoul office, as an advisor. In addition, as the AI business strategy and development leader, Kwon Soon-il, a former team leader at McKinsey and in charge of Northeast Asian business strategy at Element AI, a Canadian AI software solution company, was recruited. Upstage, which has advanced technology by securing leading AI developers, is actively recruiting management consulting and business development experts to strengthen business capabilities.
KIM SOO-HO, WHO JOINED UPSTAGE FROM THIS MONTH, IS A MANAGEMENT CONSULTING EXPERT IN THE FINANCIAL FIELD. ADVISOR KIM HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF ADVISING ON GROWTH STRATEGIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS SUCH AS DT (DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION), M&A (MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS), PRODUCT PORTFOLIO, AND NEW BUSINESS TO FINANCIAL COMPANIES SUCH AS BANKS, SECURITIES, AND INSURANCE COMPANIES.
After graduating from the Department of Business Administration at Seoul National University and an MBA from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the United States, Advisor Kim served as a partner in the Seoul office of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting company, and as a financial leader in Korea, leading AA (Advanced Analytics) in the Asian insurance sector. In addition, he led the end-to-end (E2E) transformation program of a leading Asian financial group, established overseas M&A and digital strategies for domestic financial companies, and developed sales promotion programs.
KWON SOON-IL, AI BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT LEADER WITH EXPERIENCE IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AND AI TRANSFORMATION, LED THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECT AS A TEAM LEADER AT MCKINSEY FROM 2016 TO LAST YEAR. AFTERWARDS, AS A DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF NORTHEAST ASIAN BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT AT ELEMENT AI, HE PROMOTED THE AI BUSINESS OF A LARGE DOMESTIC COMPANY.
THEY PLAN TO STRENGTHEN UPSTAGE'S BUSINESS CAPABILITIES BASED ON THEIR MANY YEARS OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING EXPERIENCE. ADVISOR KIM SOO-HO WILL SERVE AS AN ADVISOR ON THE AI ROADMAP AND BUSINESS STRATEGY IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR ON THE UPSTAGE. LEADER SOONIL KWON WILL LEAD UPSTAGE'S BUSINESS STRATEGY AND AI BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR CUSTOMERS.
UPSTAGE CEO KIM SEONG-HOON SAID, “UPSTAGE CURRENTLY RECEIVES INQUIRIES FOR AI SOLUTIONS FROM MORE THAN 100 COMPANIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS SUCH AS FINANCE, EDUCATION, IT, AND MANUFACTURING. WE WILL PROVIDE AN AI SOLUTION THAT IS SUITABLE FOR EACH COMPANY BY UNDERSTANDING IT FASTER AND MORE CLEARLY.”
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Upstage | Geun-Kyo Kim, PR Director | 010-8229-7240 | keunkyo@upstage.ai