Profile
Experience
Board Member, YIDO (2019-Present)
Senior Researcher, The Institute for the Future of State (2018-Present)
Kim & Chang (2018-Present)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University (2018-Present)
Board Member, International Emission Trading Association (IETA) (2017-2018)
External Technical Expert on Accreditation, Green Climate Fund (GCF) (2015-2017)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Global Environment Business Administration, Seoul National University (2015-2017)
Future External Advisory Group on Sustainability, World Bank (2012-2015)
Regional Head of Asia Pacific in Climate Change and Sustainability (CC&S), KPMG (2011-2017)
Head of Climate Change & Sustainability, Samjong KPMG (2008-2017)
Team Leader, New Business Development Division and Investment & Energy Business Division, POSCO (2000-2008)
Special Researcher on Environmental Infrastructure and Planning, Saman Research & Development Center (1994-2000)
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Industrial Service Medal for his contribution in developing new energy business models such as microgrid & smartgrid (2015)
- Commendation from the Prime Minister for his contribution in hosting the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund in Songdo (2012)
Publications/Activities
- Cool Business to Save the Earth (Publiter, 2018)
- Climate Finance (Co-author, CIR, 2018)
- Climate Change and Business Strategy (Co-author, CIR, 2015)
- Carbon Management (Co-author, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., 2013)
- Stakeholder Segmentation and Performance Analysis for Corporate to Comply with Climate Change (aSSIST, 2010)
- Speaker, “Green Growth, North Korea Energy, ESG” Asia Leadership Conference (Chosunilbo, 2017/2018/2019)
- Speaker, “Innovative Partnership for Financing & Impact Investment,” Smart Technology for Sustainable Development & Procurement (Yonsei University and Korea National Assembly UN SDGs Forum, 2017)
- Speaker, “Finance for Climate Action,” Seoul Climate & Energy Summit (etoday and Climate Change Center, 2017)
- Speaker, “The World of Article 6 - Local Markets, Global Linkages,” Climate Week of UN General Assembly (IETA, 2017)
- Speaker, “Updates on Carbon Markets in the Asia-Pacific,” Asia Pacific Climate Week (UN, 2017)
Education
Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST) (Ph.D., Business Administration, 2010)
Duke University (M.A., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994)
University of Louisville (B.A., Geoscience (MA) and Mathematics (MI), 1992)
Korea University (B.A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, 1987-1988)
Languages
Korean and English
INSIGHTS
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Newsletters
Korea Environmental Legal Update (Summer 2020)
2020.07.02 -
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Green New Deal Climate Talk
2020.06.09 -
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The First Stakeholder Meeting on EU’s Carbon Border Tax
2020.05.27 -
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Meeting with Industry, Academic and Research Experts on Responding to Climate Change
2020.05.07 -
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The Fifth Carbon Market and Trade Competition Seminar
2020.04.28 -
Newsletters
Preparation of an Institutional Framework to Encourage Participation in RE100 (Renewable Energy 100)
2019.11.27
