Kim Jeonghwan, Former Ministry of Industry Policy Office Chief, Appointed as 11th Chairman of SanDanGong

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Kim Jeonghwan, former Director of Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, was inaugurated as the 11th Chairman of the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (KICOX) on the 19th.

The newly appointed Chairman Kim held an inauguration ceremony at the KICOX headquarters in Daegu Innovation City on the same day. Immediately after the ceremony, he visited the Gumi National Industrial Complex Quarantine Support Center to begin his duties. His term is three years.

Born in 1967, Chairman Kim graduated from Seoul National University (Bachelor's in Economics) and the University of Missouri, USA (Master's and Ph.D. in Economics), and entered public service in 1990 as the 33rd class of the civil service examination.

Since 2009, he has served as an administrator at the Blue House Presidential Office, Planning and Coordination Officer at the Small and Medium Business Administration, and held positions such as Director of the Knowledge Industry Standards Bureau, Director of Industrial Technology Policy, and Director of System Industry Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Originally, the term of former Chairman Hwang Gyuyeon ended in September last year, but the appointment of the next chairman was delayed by about six months due to repeated recruitment procedures.

The Korea Industrial Complex Corporation is an agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy that manages a total of 63 large-scale national industrial complexes and some general industrial complexes out of 1,220 industrial complexes nationwide (housing about 53,000 companies). It supports the production activities of resident companies and promotes industrial complex advancement (major remodeling) and manufacturing innovation.

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