Keakook Song is a senior advisor in Kim & Chang’s Public Audit Affairs Practice. 

Dr. Song joined Kim & Chang in May 2016, after more than 28 years of distinguished service in the public audit sectors, including: (i) the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI, a national supreme audit institution of Korea) as Assistant Director to Deputy Secretary General (May 1986 to Sep. 2011); (ii) the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) as Chief Audit Executive (Oct. 2011 to Oct. 2013); and (iii) the State Audit Office of Vietnam as Advisor (Dec. 2014 to Dec. 2015).

Over the course of more than 25 years at the BAI, Dr. Song accumulated an in-depth knowledge in public finance, budget system, taxation, public policy-making process and regulatory administration by leading and carrying out numerous audit projects on these matters. Drawing from his past work experiences, he has also developed an expertise in risk assessment, internal control and fraud finding through auditing and inspecting government financial documents.

He received his B.A. and M.P.A. degrees from Seoul National University and also holds a master’s degree in public administration and a Ph.D. in social science from Maxwell School of Syracuse University in New York, US. Additionally, he completed a short-term training on urban planning at University College London in the UK and also spent a year conducting a research on participatory audit and performance audit at the International Budget Partnership of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C., USA.