Kim Bunhee, CEO of Messe International, Inaugurated as the 12th President of the Korea Women Venture Association

Korean Women Venture Association Holds Regular General Meeting and President Inauguration Ceremony

The 12th President of the Korea Women Venture Association, Kim Bun-hee, is delivering her inaugural speech.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] The Korea Women Venture Association (President Kim Bun-hee) announced on the 25th that it held the '2021 Korea Women Venture Association General Assembly and President Inauguration Ceremony' at EL Tower in Yangjae-dong, Seoul.

The association approved Kim Bun-hee, CEO of Messy International, as the 12th president and announced a new vision and major business plans. The association declared, "With the vision of women ventures growing together through challenge and innovation, we will strengthen the fundamentals as an association and as ventures, turning crises into opportunities for a new leap forward."

Strategic tasks for this include ▲ Establishing a sustainable growth foundation for the women venture ecosystem ▲ Quantitative and qualitative increase of women venture startups ▲ Promoting innovation and growth of women venture companies ▲ Strengthening internal and external networks. Specifically, they plan to build a collaboration platform for business cooperation between companies, strengthen the function of the Global Committee to pioneer sales channels, which is the biggest difficulty for women venture companies, and support women venture companies' entry into the global market. They also plan to focus on attracting a Global Women Venture Innovation Growth Support Center to create an environment where promising women startups can start, grow, and scale up.

The president inauguration ceremony held after the general assembly was conducted with a reduced scale and minimal executive attendance in accordance with COVID-19 quarantine guidelines. At this event, a plaque of appreciation was presented to Park Mi-kyung, the 11th president, who made many efforts and achievements for the women venture industry, including raising the status of the Women Venture Association over the past two years, discovering and nurturing women startups, and supporting the scale-up of women venture companies.

Newly appointed president Kim Bun-hee said in her inauguration speech, "Although it is a difficult time due to COVID-19, we will make greater efforts for women venture companies with innovative technology and potential to leap forward," adding, "The association will faithfully fulfill its role as a hub for the women venture company network to become women ventures growing together through challenge and innovation."

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