Yoon Won-seok, Former KOTRA Director, Appointed as New Head of Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority

Yoon Won-seok (63), former Head of the Economic and Trade Cooperation Division at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority.

Incheon City announced on the 1st that Yoon has been appointed as the successor to former Commissioner Kim Jin-yong, who resigned to run in the April 10 general election.

Yoon graduated from Sungkyunkwan University and joined KOTRA, where he served as Director of Planning and Coordination and Head of the Information and Trade Support Division, making him an expert in industry, trade, and investment attraction. He later served as a special professor at Sookmyung Women's University and as President overseeing overseas business at Hancom Group.

The Commissioner of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority is an open local government official position (Grade 1) with a three-year term, responsible for attracting investment to the free economic zone, establishing development plan strategies, and overseeing and coordinating the authority’s operations.

Incheon City plans to finalize Yoon’s appointment by the end of this month after consultations with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Yoon Won-seok, Nominee for Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority Commissioner
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