President of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs (SFIA), he is also Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University, Korean Chair of the Asia-Pacific Group of the Trilateral Commission, and Co-Chair of the Korea–Canada Forum. He served as President of the Global Commerce Institute of Lee & Ko, a leading global law firm in Korea, and as Non-Resident Senior Visiting Scholar at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. He served as Korea’s Minister for Trade (2011–2013) and was the Korean candidate for WTO Director-General in 2013. His public service includes Chairmanship of the Korean International Trade Commission and leadership of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Investment Expert Group (2000–2002). Before joining Seoul National University, he taught at Georgetown University and worked at the Korea Development Institute and the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy. He has also been affiliated with the IMF, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank. He has authored books and articles on international trade, foreign direct investment, and the Korean economy, and received the “Order of Service Merit, Yellow Stripes”. He holds a BA from Seoul National University and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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