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.
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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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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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Lody Embrechts- Royal Advisor, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (2019-Present)
- Former Ambassador to South Korea and Malaysia, Netherlands Embassy
- Former Director of Business Operations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands (2009-2014)
- Bachelor of Law, Leiden University, Netherlands
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Ahn Choong-yong- Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Chung-Ang University
- Former Foreign Investment Ombudsman, KOTRA (2006-2014, 3 terms)
- Former Chair, Regulatory Reform Committee, Office of the President (2009-2011)
- PhD in Economics, The Ohio State University, USA
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Kim Woo-gyu- CEO, Merck Korea (2020-Present)
- Board Member, German Chamber of Commerce in Korea (KGCCI)
- Former Performance Materials Division, Merck Group, Germany (1997-2020)
- PhD in Chemistry, University of Delaware, USA
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Sean Blakeley- Chairman, British Chamber of Commerce in Korea (BCCK) (2015-Present)
- Former Senior Consultant, Google (2021-2022)
- Former Member, Gyeonggi Province Investment Promotion Committee
- BA in Humanities, University of Leeds, UK; MA in Political Economy, Seoul National University, Korea