Honorary Ambassadors of Foreign Investment Promotion for Korea
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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. They promote the Korean investment environment through participation in investment attraction events and media contributions, discover companies interested in investing in Korea and provide investment-related advice.
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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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Chen Guang
- CEO of UMIDO Group
- Chair of CCFA
- holds an MBA from Peking University, China
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Takasugi Nobuya
- 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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Bernd Stenger
- President, Heraeus
- served as Honorary Ambassador of Foreign Investment Promotion for Korea (2017-19)
- holds an M.S. from TU Darmstadt, Germany
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Moon Hwy-chang
- 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