Ador’s former CEO Min Hee-jin, left, and HYBE's Chairperson Bang Si-hyuk / Yonhap What will happen to NewJeans? By Lee Gyu-lee The strife between K-pop powerhouse HYBE and its subsidiary Ador’s CEO Min Hee-jin, who is known as NewJeans’ producer, is even more heightened as HYBE replaces Min with Kim Ju-young, its former chief human resource officer (CHRO), as Ador’s new head. HYBE announced, Tuesday, that it held a board meeting on the day and appointed Ador’s new CEO to take over Min’s position, while Min remains as the company’s inside director and producer for NewJeans. It explained that Kim, who has expertise in human resources from working in different fields, is expected to take the role of stabilizing and restructuring the internal organization of Ador.
“Ador, internally, will separate production and management divisions. This has been a principle for all other (HYBE) multi-labels, but so far, Ador was the only exception where the CEO oversaw both production and management,” it said in the release. Kim Ju-young, the new CEO of Ador/ Courtesy of Ador “(With the recent changes), Ador plans to provide full support for NewJeans' growth and greater success.
" However, Min quickly shared her side of the story on the management change, saying that she didn’t step down willingly and was fired, which violates the shareholders' agreement she had with the company. The agreement guarantees her a five-year term, of which she has only served two years. She claim.