Grand Korea Leisure has said it named former Paju Mayor Ryoo Hwa-sun as the new CEO at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday.
Ryoo received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Seoul National University and an MBA from Sogang University.
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GKL CEO Ryoo Hwa-su (GKL) |
He served as managing editor of the Korea Economic Daily, CEO of Korea Economic Daily TV and a member of the presidential committee on regional development, before serving as Paju Mayor from 2004 to 2010.
GKL, a subsidiary of the state-run Korea Tourism Organization, operates three Seven Luck casinos ― at Millennium Seoul Hilton in central Seoul, Convention Annex building in southern Seoul and Busan Lotte in Busan.
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yoonmi@heraldcorp.com)