Dr. Shin Kook-hwan
Dr. Shin Kook-hwan is currently working as an invited researcher at ETRI.
Dr. Shin served as the Minister of Industry and Resources from 2000 to 2002. He then was elected as a member of the 17th National Assembly. He also served as the former direct-general of the Electronics and Electricity Industry Bureau at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from 1981 to 1984.
Dr. Shin graduated from Seoul National University in 1963 and earned his honorary doctorate degree from SNU in 2003.
Dr. Park Ho-gun
Dr. Park Ho-gun is currently working as President of the Green Growth Forum at the Incheon Regional Environmental Technology Development Center. Dr. Park served as Minister of Science and Technology in 2003, and worked as the President of Incheon University for 4 years from 2004 to 2008. From 1999 to 2003, he worked as the President of Korea Institute of Science and Technology.
Dr. Park earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State University.
Dr. Yang Seung-taik
Dr. Yang Seung-taik is currently working as the Professor of Distinguished Chair of KAIST and invited researcher at ETRI. Dr. Yang today serves as a foreign special advisor to the Vietnam government and the Chairman of KDC. He worked as the President of Information and Communications University in 1998, and President of Tongmyong University in 2003. He was the former minister of the Ministry of Information and Communication from 2002 to 2003.
Dr. Yang earned his Ph.D. in Engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn Campus in 1976.
Dr. Kim Hak-su
Dr. Kim Hak-su is currently Chairman of the Asia Economic Community Foundation, which is registered under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Korean Government. He served as Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP for seven years(2000-2007).
Dr. Kim has rich experience in the public and private sectors, as well as in international civil service. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina and M. Phil. in economics from Edinburgh University.
Dr. Kim Wan-soon
Dr. Kim Wan-soon is Professor emeritus at Korea University, and concurrently has been serving as Chairman of the FDI Inducement Advisory Group at Gyeonggi Provincial Government since March 2009. Between 1999 and 2005 he worked as the first Ombudsman at the Office of the Investment Ombudsman, appointed by the President, and was a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee. Dr. Kim was previously Chairman of the Korean Trade Commission, Korea's antidumping authority, from 1989 to 1998. Dr. Kim earned his doctoral degree in economics from Harvard University in 1969, and majored in public finance.
Dr. Youn Hwa-jin
Dr. Youn Hwa-jin serves as chairman of Avalon Venture for leading all Asian business development and relationship management. He has had extensive experience in international and venture capital in Asia through relationships with Premier Capital and Pintoresco Advisors. Prior to Avalon Venture, he was Senior Economist for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), where he led over 60 country consultation and economic missions. Additionally, Dr. Youn has served as a member of the Presidential Commission for Financial Reforms for Korean President Kim Young-sam during the IMF crisis. He earned his M.A. in Economics at Yale University and a Ph.D. at Santo Tomas University.
