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GFCI 28 Launch Presentation Slides

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  Eui Seung Kim
  Deputy Mayor For Economy
  Seoul Metropolitan Government

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  Eui Seung Kim is the deputy mayor for economy in Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and has actively driven the startup policy in order to transform Seoul’s ecosystem to the global level. He has experienced various administration fields such as environment and climate change response, tourism industry, and spokesperson as well for twenty-eight years as a member of SMG. Especially, he had led the “Economic Vision 2030” and “Job Creation Policy” as the director and the director-general for economy and job creation from 2012 to 2015. Eui Seung Kim graduated from Korea University and has a master’s degree of public administration from both Seoul National University in Korea and Portland State University in the U.S.

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  Beom Sik Jang
  Chairman Of The Financial Industry Policy Committe
  Seoul Metropolitan Government

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  Beomsik Jang is Professor of Finance at Soongsil University. His major areas of research focus on investment banking, corporate finance, capital raising, venture capital, risk management, and securities regulation. His teaching interests include financial market and institutions, valuation, investments, and financial management. He has been actively involved in policy consulting for Korean government and has worked on national and international projects sponsored by the Asia Development Bank, the World Bank, and local governments in Korea, concerning the financial market reform, the liberalization of Vietnamese capital market, the new market for small and medium companies, construction project evaluation, capital raising opportunities for firms, performance evaluation of government owned companies, securities market architecture, and capital market development. Recently, Dr. Jang has led Working Committee of Special Mission, organized by Korean National Parliament to help government and financial market participants redesign the capital market. Dr. Jang serves as the Chair of Advisory Committee of Financial Industry Development for Seoul Metropolitan Government. He also served as Chair of Financial Reform Committee for Korean Government, and served as Chair of Advisory Committee for Korea’s Financial Development, which is a financial policy advisory arm of Financial Services Commission (FSC). In addition, Dr. Jang was a non-standing commissioner of Financial Services Commission from 2005-2008. Prior to joining FSC, he had served as a founding committee member of KOSDAQ Committee since its foundation in 1998 until the world’s fastest new market merged into the Korea Exchange (KRX) in 2005. He also served as an advisory committee member of the KRX, KOSDAQ Listed Companies Association, Venture Business Association, and Venture Capital Association in Korea. He served as Chair of Advisory Committee of Financial Supervisory Services in Korea during 2012-2016. He is currently serving on the Boards of Directors of the Korea Financial Industries Association and the KDB Investment Co, respectively. Professor Jang served on the Boards of Directors of Korean Finance Association and Korean Securities Association. He is Past President of Korea Securities Association during 2008-2009 and serves on the Board of Directors of the Korean Securities Law Association. He served as Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Dean of the Graduate School of Labor Relations at Soongsil University, respectively. He had also served as the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Soongsil University during 2014-2017. Dr. Jang earned his Bachelor’s degree and M.B.A in Finance from Seoul National University. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

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  Professor Michael Mainelli
  Executive Chairman
  Z/Yen Group

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  Mike Wardle
  Head Of Indices
  Z/Yen Group

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