Overview
Sang-Hyup Kim is a visiting professor at Graduate School of Green Growth, College of Business, KAIST and chairman of Coalition for Our Common Future. Prior to joining KAIST, he worked at the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea in 2008 as the Secretary for National Future and Vision, where he contributed in setting the historic "Low Carbon Green Growth" vision for Korea. In 2011, he became the Senior Secretary to the President for Green Growth, coordinating the planning, development and implementation of Korea’s Green Growth strategy. Through collaboration with the Presidential Committee on Green Growth and relevant ministries, his agenda ranges from national implementation of Green Growth policies to international climate change negotiations and promoting global cooperation for making Green Growth a global asset. He also served as a member of the Global Agenda Council;
Kim was formerly the Washington correspondent for Maeil Business Newspaper and a Founding Member of the World Knowledge Forum and Vision Korea Project. He has also worked at SBS, Seoul Broadcasting System, during which he set up the Future and Vision Project Team in 2004, in addition to founding and serving in the capacity of the Executive Director of the Seoul Digital Forum.
Kim has a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University. He has been recipient of numerous awards during his career, including: Broadcaster of the Year; Korean Broadcasters Association (2007); Hongjo Order of Service Merit (2010);Pople of the Year Award Journalists Federation of Korea (2012);Hwangjo Order of Service Merit(2013).
Kim was formerly the Washington correspondent for Maeil Business Newspaper and a Founding Member of the World Knowledge Forum and Vision Korea Project. He has also worked at SBS, Seoul Broadcasting System, during which he set up the Future and Vision Project Team in 2004, in addition to founding and serving in the capacity of the Executive Director of the Seoul Digital Forum.
Kim has a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University. He has been recipient of numerous awards during his career, including: Broadcaster of the Year; Korean Broadcasters Association (2007); Hongjo Order of Service Merit (2010);Pople of the Year Award Journalists Federation of Korea (2012);Hwangjo Order of Service Merit(2013).
Biography
Education
- ● SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Ph.D. Candidate Policial Science, Department of International Relations (1993-1996)
M.A. Political Science, Department of Internatioanl Relations (1986-1988)
B.A. Political Science, Department of International Relations (1982-1986)
Career
- ● OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Senior Secretary to the President for Green Growth (2011.9 - 2013.2)
Principal Secretary to the President for Future Strategy and Planning /Secretary to the President for Green Growth and Environment (2010.7 - 2011.6)
Secretary General of Presidential Committee on Green Growth (2009.2 - 2012.2)
Secretary to the President for National Future and Vision (2008.2 - 2010.7)
Secretary General of Presidential Council on National Future and Vision (2008.4 - 2012. 2)
● GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE (GGGI)
Member of the Council (GGGI as a full-fledged international organization) / Member of the Board of Directors, Founding Member (2010.6 - 2013.6)
● WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF)
Member, Global Agenda Council (2008 - 2011)
● GREEN ASIA ORGANIZATION
Founding Member (2014.2 - )
● Culture Industry Forum
Founding Member (2004 - )
● SEOUL BROADCASTING SYSTEM (SBS), REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Director, Future and Vision Desk (2004.1 - 2008.2)
● MAEIL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Director, Vision Korea Desk (2000.7 - 2003.12)
Washington Correspondent (1997.7 - 2000.7)
