Honorary Ambassadors of Foreign Investment Promotion for Korea
The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) appoints influential people in the politics and business around the world as Honorary Ambassadors of Foreign Investment Promotion for Korea to promote Korean investment.
The expressways, Yangyang International Airport and Donghae Port located in Gangwon Province provide easier access to Seoul and other metropolitan cities in Korea. The province helps corporations to capitalize on the professional human resources cultivated by some 140 educational institutions. As the host for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018, it is considered the Mecca of Korean tourism and leisure industry.
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Tim Yeo- Chairman of The New Nuclear Watch Institute
- Served as Government Minister in the Foreign Office, Home Office, Department of Health and Department of the Environment and a member of the UK Parliament
- Holds an M.A. in History from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK
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Jean-Marie Hurtiger- Senior Executive of global consulting firm ERG-Europe
- Served as CEO of Renault Samsung Motors and President of ECCK · Holds an MBA from CEDEP, France
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Takasugi Nobuya (高衫暢也)- Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Policy Research Institute Advisory Council
- Served as President of the Seoul Japan Club and CEO of Fuji Xerox Korea
- Holds a B.A. in Business from Waseda University, Japan
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James Choi- Senior Advisor with Prostar Capital and Managing Director of J2 Advisory
- Served as Australia’s Ambassador to S. Korea and the Chief Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Australia
- Holds an M.A. from Monash University, Australia
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Thomas Byrne- President and CEO of the Korea Society and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
- Served as Senior Vice President of Moody’s Investor Services and Senior Economist of the Asia Department at the institute of International Finance
- Holds an M.A. in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University
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Alex Kim- Founder & Principal of Three Kings Public Affairs
- Served as District Director for Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (74th District) and Senior Advisor for Office of Council member David Ryu, 4th District(Government Affairs)
- Received an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
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Michael Danagher- Canada-Korea Forum Leadership
- Served as Canadian Ambassador to S. Korea, and Director General, Regional Trade Operations and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
- Received an MBA from McGill University, BA from the University of Ottawa
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Peng Wu- Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Served as Executive Director of the Economic Law Research Association of the China Law Society, Vice Chairman of the ICC China Competition Committee
- LL..B., Peking University, LL.B. & LL.M., Graduate School of Kyushu University in Japan
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Dirk Lukat- Vice President at Schenker Deutschland AG (Frankfurt)
- Served as Chairperson of ECCK in Korea
- Michael Mount Waldorf School, Johannesburg, HultAshridge
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Moon Hwy-chang- President at aSSIST, Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies and Professor Emeritus, GSIS, Seoul National University · Chairman of the Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness (IPSNC) and Consultant to UNCTAD
- Holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Washington, US
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Chung Tong-soo- Chairman of Global Unity Holdings, AKR Corp.
- Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Service Industry and Financial Affairs at the International Trade Administration (ITA) and head of Invest KOREA, KOTRA
- Holds a J.D. from UCLA, US
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Youngjae Kim- Senior Research Fellow(VP) of LG Electronics and Member of the Advisory Board on Robotics Engineering at CTA
- Former Principal Engineer of Velodyne LiDAR, Inc. and Apple Inc. · Received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, US