Appointment of Gyeongnam Investment Agency Chief to Lead Gyeongnam Province's 7 Trillion Won Investment Attraction Goal

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The first appointed new head to lead the Gyeongnam Investment Agency, the No. 1 pledge of the 8th term of the Gyeongnam Provincial Government, has been appointed.

On the 10th, Gyeongnam Province announced that it has recruited Kang Mangu as the inaugural new head and team leaders for domestic and overseas attraction teams, and will begin full-scale operations.

According to the province, the Gyeongnam Investment Agency is an affiliated organization of the Gyeongsangnam-do Investment and Economic Promotion Agency and is scheduled to open within the Jinju Complex Innovation Center in the first half of this year.

It will serve as Gyeongnam Province’s investment attraction window, responsible for ▲discovering potential investment companies ▲collecting information ▲building investment network cooperation ▲consulting for attracting domestic and foreign companies ▲promotion ▲one-stop administrative support for investment companies ▲post-management of investment companies.

Kang Man-gu, the inaugural new head of the Gyeongnam Investment Agency.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Government]

The new head, Kang, worked at the Korea International Trade Association and has been employed for over 17 years at the Seoul Business Agency, formerly known as the Seoul Economic Promotion Agency.

Recently, he is recognized as an investment attraction expert with rich experience in investment attraction promotion and marketing, having led the launch of the Seoul Investment Agency.

Jeon Yonghee, the domestic attraction team leader, has experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions and corporate listings at financial institutions.

Kim Miran, the overseas attraction team leader, is fluent in English and has won the ‘2018 APEC BEST AWARD Grand Prix’ competition, with experience in planning overseas events and corporate management skills.

They will work on the front lines to expand Gyeongnam Province’s investment attraction by providing consultation and holding briefings for domestic and foreign companies.

The province expects that the new head and each team leader will play a major role in the early establishment of the Gyeongnam Investment Agency’s organization and the preparation of an efficient operational system, and will be at the forefront of achieving this year’s investment attraction target of 7 trillion won.

It is anticipated that through expanding investment attraction, the agency will lead regional economic revitalization and the expansion of quality jobs, establishing itself as the ‘No. 1 investment attraction hub in Gyeongsangnam-do.’

Head Kang said, “As the inaugural head, I will strive for the early establishment and successful operation of the investment agency organization,” and added, “I will work with the provincial investment attraction team with all my passion and effort to expand investment attraction in Gyeongnam Province.”

Investment Attraction Team Leader Kwon Changho said, “I have high expectations to work with excellent private investment attraction experts who were carefully recruited,” and added, “The provincial investment attraction team and the investment agency will actively promote investment attraction activities together and do our best to attract many domestic and foreign companies to invest in Gyeongnam.”

Kang Seongyun, head of the Gyeongnam Investment and Economic Promotion Agency, said, “I believe those who have now joined under one roof are the best candidates to overcome the challenging investment attraction conditions,” and added, “By working with them, the Gyeongnam Investment and Economic Promotion Agency has established itself as the nation’s first institution equipped with both regional economic revitalization functions and dedicated investment attraction functions.”

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