AhnLab CEO Kang Seok-gyun announces the 2026 management policy and key priorities for continuous adaptation and innovation amid the AI transformation and a rapidly changing market environment at a kickoff ceremony on the 2nd./Courtesy of AhnLab

AhnLab said on the 2nd that it held a New Year's kickoff ceremony for 2026 at its Pangyo headquarters and carried out executive promotions.

At the ceremony, AhnLab presented "AXELERATE AhnLab" as its 2026 management policy. The slogan conveys the intent to accelerate change and strengthen execution in the era of an artificial intelligence (AI) paradigm shift to achieve a new leap forward.

To execute this, AhnLab set "AI-First Transformation" as a key task. The company plans to drive product and service innovation centered on AI and reorganize its overall internal work methods to advance its enterprise-wide execution system. In tandem, it will strengthen the competitiveness of products and services, pursue balanced growth, and expand external synergies to build a mid- to long-term growth foundation.

At the kickoff ceremony, leaders of each institutional sector and headquarters shared this year's key business strategies and goals, and year-end awards for employees were also presented.

Chief Executive Kang Seok-gyun of AhnLab said, "In the era of the AI paradigm shift, accelerating change and execution, along with product and service innovation centered on AI, are critical," and added, "In 2026, let's pool our capabilities in our respective roles to create a new leap forward for AhnLab."

Meanwhile, AhnLab also announced executive promotions that day. Those promoted to executive vice president are Business Division Head Han Chan-seok and Research Institute Director Han Chang-gyu, and those promoted to senior vice president are Service Business Division Head Koo Hyeong-mo, Head of Financial Planning Office Kim Deok-hwan, Head of Network Development Office Kim Hong-hyeon, and Head of Convergence Development Office Han Tae-su.

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