AI expert Kwon Jung-hyun to join Hyundai Motor Group's AVP Division in July 2026... to advance autonomous driving technology

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Hyundai Motor Group has recruited Executive Vice President Kwon Jung-hyun as Head of the Autonomous Driving Development Center at its AVP Division. This recruitment is a measure to strengthen competitiveness in autonomous driving technology, which is core to future mobility.

Hyundai Motor Group expects that Executive Vice President Kwon Jung-hyun will play an important role in advancing technology across all areas of autonomous driving and executing future mobility strategies. Until recently, Executive Vice President Kwon Jung-hyun led the development of intelligent robots at Samsung Electronics, and prior to that, he was an expert in autonomous driving AI who was responsible for developing and commercializing autonomous driving software at NVIDIA.

Executive Vice President Kwon Jung-hyun has experience in the development and commercialization of all AI technologies applied to autonomous driving, including recognition software for autonomous vehicles, deep learning, machine learning, and computer vision. Based on this, he will take charge of overseeing everything from the development of core autonomous driving technologies within Hyundai Motor Group to their productization.

Hyundai Motor Group continues to recruit key talent in the SDV and autonomous driving fields. On July 1, it recruited Kim Dong-uk (EVP), who led the development of iPhone, vehicle, and human robotics wireless communication systems at global companies such as Apple and Tesla, as Head of the SDV Platform Development Center at the AVP Division, and Jeremy Ma, former Executive Director who led robot and autonomous driving software development and commercialization at companies including Apple, Toyota, and NVIDIA, as Head of the Silicon Valley Office at the AVP Division.

Executive Vice President Kwon Jung-hyun was born in 1980 and holds a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University. He has work experience as an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Samsung Electronics, Senior Manager and Senior Scientist/Manager at NVIDIA, and at SAIC and Ricoh.

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