Hyundai's U.S. head steps down amid shakeup of global operations Hyundai's U.S. head steps down amid shakeup of global operations October 29, 2018 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment Hyundai Motor America CEO Kyung Soo Lee has left the position to return to South Korea as an adviser for the company. The automaker also has created two entities to develop future technologies and appointed new heads of product strategy and design.