Honorary Professor, Sookmyung Women’s University

Dr. Sedon Shin was a professor of Economics at the Sookmyung Women’s University from 1989 till 2019. Prior to that, he worked as the head of the Finance and Insurance Department of the Samsung Economic Research Institute(SERI) , and a senior economist at the Bank of Korea. He received his BA with an honor, MA and Ph.D. in economics all from UCLA.

Head of Korea FSI Go-to-Market Specialists, Amazon Web Service

Nayoung Kim is the Head of Korea Financial Services Industry Go-to-Market Specialists at Amazon Web Services(AWS). Previously, she was the Head of Korea Business at Bloomberg LP., and was a Portfolio Manager at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance. From 2009 to 2014, she held various positions at Korea Development Bank (KDB) and Korea Finance Corporation. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business school and a B.A. and M.A. from Seoul National University.

Associate Professor, Yonsei University

Jeongjae Park is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics at Yonsei University. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. He holds a B.A. from Seoul National University, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University

Kwanho Shin is a professor of Economics at Korea University. He received his B.A. and M.A. in economics from Seoul National University and Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. He was an assistant professor at the University of Kansas for four years. He served as a council member for the National Economic Advisory Council from 2010 to 2011 and from 2022 to 2023.

Professor, Seoul National University

Donghyun Ahn is a professor of Economics at Seoul National University. In his past career, he held the position of Head-Quant Strategy at the Royal Bank of Scotland and assistant professor at the University of North Carolina. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Korea University and Ph.D. from New York University, Stern School of Business.

Member of the Board of Trustees, KyungHee University Foundation

SeungHoon Lee is a member of the Board of Trustees of KyungHee University Foundation and an independent outside director of the board of KT corporation.?He has worked for a local private equity house as part of the executive team for over five years. Before this, he worked for 11years at global securities firms such as Morgan Stanley, UBS, and JP Morgan as a top-ranked analyst/strategist and Head of Equity Research for Korea, and nine years at SK Group, the third largest conglomerate group in Korea, as a corporate executive in charge of developing inorganic growth opportunities and executing M&A activities-executive vice president and vice president, respectively. Accordingly, he brings a unique and rare combination of hands-on experience from the best financial and industrial worlds.?He studied literature at Seoul National University and holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Michigan, where he completed the Ph.D. course requirements, and an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.