CEO
Hyeyoung Kang, CEO of the Association for Supporting the SDGs for the United Nations (ASD), holds a Master of Arts in Korean Reunification Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Prior to joining ASD, she worked as a journalist covering monetary policy, financial markets, and the economy. She is actively involved in the field of climate, biodiversity, social issues, and finance, currently serving as an expert member and deputy chair of the International Cooperation Subcommission of the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth, collaborating researcher for the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), ESG Steering Committee member of the Honam National Institute of Biological Resources(HNIBR), and member of the Federation of Korean Industries’ ESG Alliance.
Also, as an Observer of the Green Bond, Social Bond, and Sustainability Bond Principles, she has participated in the Social Bond Working Group, and Sustainability-Linked Bonds Working Group of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
As part of her research work, she has collaborated with government agencies and international organizations for the past three years, and she has delivered lectures and provided consulting to domestic and foreign companies regarding environmental, social, and governance issues.
Representative
Representative Jung Hoon Kim is an expert on global financial and social issues in the context of SDGs. He has experience in the Seoul Metropolitan Government. He had not only been a Special Advisor to the President & Senior Public Relations Officer at the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), an affiliated organization under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but also the Secretary-General of the UN SDGs Forum of the Korean National Assembly.
In particular, in 2014 and 2016, he led the official visit to the United Nations with the member of the Korean National Assembly from the ruling and the opposition parties and CEOs of the major domestic companies. In July 2019, he was selected as the exhibitor of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (UN HLPF 2019) along with 35 organizations around the world, displaying the corporate sustainability model at the UN headquarters in New York.
He currently holds the position of Senior Research Associate at UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development), a prominent research body within the United Nations, and undertakes advisory roles for the United Nations. Additionally, he is also a member of the International Cooperation Division of the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth, the Korea Inclusive Finance Agency, and the Credit Recovery Committee.
He is also a Director & Borad member of Korea Exchange (KRX) responsible for the sustainability of the South Korean capital market and a European Climate Pact Ambassador for the EU. He also serves as an Expert Member of the Republic of Korea Presidential Commission on 2050 Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth, an observer for green bonds and a member of the working group for social bonds of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
He was awarded with the Order of the Prime Minister’s Commendation (Innovative finance merit) on Finance Day 2022. and He has published several books, including ‘Leading Sustainably (PAKYOUNGSA, 2022)’