KT announced Thursday that its chairman Lee Suk-chae would join the 2013-2014 GSMA Board, an association of international mobile operator firms.

Scheduled to serve on the 25-member board for two years, Lee plans to strengthen communications among the CEOs of global mobile telecommunications companies and play an active role in the board’s decision making, KT said.

South Korean members of the current 2011-2012 GSMA Board include KT president Pyo Hyun-myung and SK Telecom president Ha Sung-min. Ha was also reelected to the post.

Constituted in 2003, the GSMA Board includes the large and small operators to give balanced global representation. The board members are selected according to their number of clients and sales as well as degree of contribution to the global telecommunications industry and national representation.

(joowonc@heraldcorp.com)