NASHVILLE—After just six months at the helm of Hankook Tire America Corp., President Curtis Brison is stepping down July 1.
Brison has been named vice president of sales, marketing and strategic growth for TireHub L.L.C., a tire distribution joint venture formed between Bridgestone Americas Inc. and Goodyear in 2018.
In the meantime, Sooil Lee, CEO of Hankook Tire & Technology, will oversee the North American operations as interim president.
The North American market, after all, is a critical one for the South Korean-based tire maker. And it is a familiar one for Lee, who himself was president of Hankook Tire America from 2009-12 and also from 2020-21.