WKF2019

Mikel Aguirre

IE Business School / COFACE
Head of Political Risk

Esko Aho

Prime Minister of Finland (1991-1995)
Chairman of the Board

Eric Alexander

Uber
Asia Pacific CEO

Brad Allen

NextVR
Executive Chairman

Edward Altman

Stern School of Business
Professor

Miguel Angel Moratinos

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain

Baak Saang Joon

Waseda University
Professor

Bark Taeho

Seoul National University
Professor

Robert Barro

Harvard University
Professor

Xavier Belloir

ARDIAN
Managing Director Mandates

Carl Bildt

Former Prime Minister, Sweden(1991-1994)
Foreign Minister, Sweden

Daniel Bogler

Financial Times
Head of PMO

Charles-Édouard Bouée

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
CEO, Asia President and Greater China Chairman

Nicholas Bratt

Lazard Asset Management
Managing Director

Stig Brodersen

The Investors Podcast
Co-Founder

Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum
Co-Founder

Zhang Byoung-tak

Seoul National University
Professor

Alexis Calla

Standard Chartered Bank
Global Head of Investment Strategy, Advisory & Discretionary

Virginia Cha

INSEAD
Professor

Cha In Hyuk

PresidentPlatform Technology R&D Center & IoT Solution Business Office, SK Telec
Executive Vice President

Chang Dae Whan

Founder of World Knowledge Forum
Chairman of Maekyung Media Group

Howard Charney

Cisco
Senior Vice President

Zhiwu Chen

Yale University
Professor of Finance

Dick Cheney

Former Vice President of the United States

Willy Cho

GE
Country Leader

Cho Gwang-Rae

KARI
President

Cho Hwan-Eik

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
President & CEO

Cho Seong Joon

The Korean Teachers′ Credit Union
Senior Manager

Choe So Heui

g+flas life sciences
Executive Vice President

Choi Do Soung

Gachon University
Professor of Finance, Vice President

Choi Man Yeon

BlackRock
Country Head

Choi Mack Joong

Seoul National University
Professor and Dean

Choi Kang

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Vice President

Choi Young San

NH Life
GM of Overseas Alternative Investment

Choi Young Min

Korea Food Research Institute
Senior Researcher

Hae Kyung Evelyn Chung

Coinplug, Inc.
CMO

Alexa Clay

The Misfit Economy
Author

James Costantini

INSEAD
Professor of Strategy

Bruce Cumings

University of Chicago
Chaired Professor

Hong Daesoon

Ewha University
Professor

Thierry de Montbrial

French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Executive Chairman

Pedro Domingos

University of Washington
Professor

Rajeev Dubey

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Group President (HR & Corporate Services) & CEO (After-Market Sector)

Pierre Dussauge

HEC Paris
Professor of Strategy and Business Policy

Fred Ehrsam

Coinbase
Co-Founder & President

Victoria Elegant

Amgen JAPAC
Vice President

Turki Al Faisal

King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
Chairman of the Board

Edwin Feulner

The Heritage Foundation
Chung Ju-yung Fellow, Chair Asian Studies

Konrad Finkenzeller 

PATRIZIA Immobilien
Head of International Capital Markets

Fred Fischer

Stratasys AP
Director - Applications, Products, Technology

Steve Fisher

Novelis
President and CEO

Douglas Frantz

OECD
Deputy Secretary-General

George Gannon

Prudential International Insurance, Annuity Strategy
Vice President

Ignacio Garcia Alves

Arthur D. Little
Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Gonzalo Garland

IE University
Vice President for External Relations

Jim Gasperoni

Aberdeen Asset Management
Head of Real Assets

Paul Gillis

Peking University
Professor

Tim Gould

International Energy Agency (IEA)
Head of Energy Supply Division

Nik Gowing

International Broadcaster

Luis Guillermo Solís

47th President of the Republic of Costa Rica

Han Sung Joo

Korea University
Professor Emeritus

Han Duck-Soo

Climate Change Center
Chairman

Paula Hancocks

CNN
International Correspondent

Herbjorn Hansson

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.
Chairman

Christopher Hill

University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Dean

Dennis Hong

UCLA
Professor

Thomas Hongtack Kim

Palyground
CCO (Chief Creative Officer)

Ou-yang Hui

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Professor

Hur, Kyung-Wook

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Senior Advisor

Bo Hwang

HSAD
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

Hyun Jung Taik

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
President

David Ignatius

The Washington Post
Columnist and Associate Editor

Neil Isford

IBM
General Manager, Global Industry Solutions, Cognitive Solutions

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Osaka University
Professor

Laurent Jacquemin

AXA Real Estate
European Head of Transactions

Steve Jang

Kindred Ventures
Founder and Managing Partner

Jeong Saeju

Noom Inc.
CEO

Wei Jie

Gold Finance Group
CEO

Mark Jobbins

Pure Storage
VP of the Technical Services

Patrick Johansson

Ericsson-LG
CEO

Donald Johnston

Secretary-General of the OECD (1996-2006)
CONSULTANT LAWYER

Bertrand Julien-Laferrière

ARDIAN
Head of Real Estate

Young-Hyun Jun

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
President of Memory Business

Yooshin Jung

Sogang Business School
Professor

Scott Jung

Y Crowdfunding (CROWDY)
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Shoeb Kagda

Berita Satu Media Holdings
Editor in Chief

Kam Dong Gun

Ajou University
Professor

Steven Kan

Google
Head of Global Strategy, AR and VR

Kang Min-Woong

Medi Tulip
CEO

Hermawan Kartajaya

MarkPlus, Inc.
Founder & Chairman

David Keith

Harvard University
Professor

Koyama Ken

The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Chief Economist & Managing Director

Kho Bong Chan

Seoul National University
Professor

Kim Taeyong

Samsung Electronics
Vice President

Kim YongRae

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Director General for Energy Industry Policy

Kim Jeongbeom

Miraeassetdaewoo securities
Head of part

Jay Kim

Kim Jung Ha

Kookmin University
Professor

Kim Jinill

Korea University
Professor

Kim Younkyoo

Hanyang University
Professor

Kim SangWoo

Korea Ice Hockey Association
Vice President

Kim kwang Jin

Hanyang Corporation
Adviser

Jin-Soo Kim

Institute for Basic Science
Director

Kim Seokjoong

ToolGen, Inc.
Research Director

Kim Young-Jae

Pusan National University
Dean

Kim Jongkap

K-ICT Born2Global Center
Chief Executive Director

Kim Hwang Sik

Republic of Korea
Former Prime Minister

Kim Soo Min

Unison Capital
Partner

Kim Sang-Hyup

Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST
Visiting Professor

Kim IlSoo

WISDOMAIN
CEO

Kim Byung-Ryul

Korea Rural Economic Institute
Vice President

Kim InChul

Sungkyunkwan University
Professor

Kim Young Duk

LG Chem
Vice President

Jeong Hun Kim

Seoul National University Hospital
Associate Professor

Kitao Yoshitaka

SBI Holdings Inc.
Chairman

Thomas von Koch

EQT Partners
Managing Partner&CEO

Thanasis Kofinakos

Wood Mackenzie Korea
Head of Gas and Power Consulting- North East Asia

Koh Kwang Bum

Accenture
Managing Director

Scott Kupor

Andreessen Horowitz
Managing Partner

Kwon Sei-joong

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Director General

Lee Wonbae

GE Healthcare APAC Life Sciences
General Manager

Anton Lee

Symantec
Senior Director

John Lee

Meritz Asset Management
CEO

Christopher Lee

S&P Global
China Country Credit Officer/ Spokesperson

Seungyun Lee

ETRI
Director

Lee Jungkue

Bridge Biotherapeutics
Co-Founded

Lee Jeong Hyun

CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Professor

Lee WonPil

HANCOM.Inc
CEO

Hyemin Lee

Finda Inc
CEO and co-founder

Seonoh Lee

Hicscompany
CEO

Ted Lim

Dentsu Asia Pacific
Chief Creative Officer

Brian Lim

Pantheon
Partner

Nadiem Anwar Makarim

PT. GO-JEK INDONESIA
CEO & Founder of GO-JEK Indonesia

Andrew McCaffery

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Global Head of Alternatives

Manoj Menon

Frost & Sullivan APAC
Managing Director

Tatiana Mitrova

Center on Global Energy Policy (Columbia University)
Research Officer

Shigeki (Sean) Miwa

SoftBank Group Corp.
General Manager, CEO Project Office

Hiroo Mori

Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Director and Executive Vice President

Ken Morse

Entrepreneurship Ventures Inc.
Chairman & CEO

Satoshi Nagashima

Roland Berger Ltd.
Managing Partner (Japan)

Nam KyungPil

GyeongGi-Do Provincial Government
The Governor of Gyeonggi Province

M. K. Narayanan

Economic & Commercial Advisory Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Director

Nguyen Hai Van

Viet Nam News daily
Deputy Editor in Chief

Yasumasa Nishi

Asset Management One Co., Ltd.
President & CEO

Oh Jun Ho

KAIST
Professor

Peter Pace

Former Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff(2005-2007)

George Papandreou

Former Prime Minister of Greece

Park Sungdong

Satrec Initiative Co., Ltd.
Executive Chairman

Park Seung O

KAIST
Professor

Frank Chongwoo Park

Seoul National University
Professor

Park Wonsoon

Seoul Metroplitan Government
Mayor

Park Joon

Vestas Investment Management
Overseas Investment Executive Director

Park Jung Bae

Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives
GM of Real Investment

Friedbert Pfluger

European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), King′s College London
Director

Zhou Ping

Bin Yuan Capital
CEO

Pierre-Henri Pisani

French Embassy in Japan
Counsellor for space affairs

Jason Pontin

MIT Techonology Review
CEO and Editor in Chief

Eswar Prasad

Cornell University
Professor

Sun Qiang Chang

Black Soil Group Limited
Chairman

Theresa Rah

Oratio
Co-CEO

Rhee Byung Geon

Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization
Chairman

John Rice

General Electric
Vice Chairman

Fran Rosch

Symantec
Executive Vice President

David Rubenstein

The Carlyle Group
Co-founder and Co-CEO

Andre Ruegg

Bellevue Group Ltd
CEO

Wang Rui

Peking University
Associate Professor

Liu Ruopeng

Kuangchi Science
CEO

Eisuke Sakakibara

Former Director-General
International Finance Bureau of MOF

Sachin Satpute

Novelis Asia
President

Sergey Saveliev

ROSCOSMOS
Deputy General Director

Hellmut Schütte

INSEAD
Professor of Strategy & Emeritus Professor of International Management

Gerhard Schroder

The 7th Chancellor of Germany

Wendy Sherman

U.S. Department of State
Ambassador

Hyun Seok(David), Shin

CloudZ Business Division
Vice president / Division Head

Shin, Sunghwan

Korea Institute Of Finance
President

Shin Kwanho

Korea University
Professor

Shin Dong Ik

IFANS
President

Masaaki Shirakawa

30th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ)
Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University

Anoop Singh

Georgetown University
Professor

Son Pando

Dong-A University
Professor

Martin Stanley

Macquarie Group Global Infrastructure
CEO

Suh Jeong-in

Mission of Korea to ASEAN
Ambassador

Sirajuddin Suhaimee

Halal Hub Division, JAKIM
Director

Sun Yang-Kook

Hanyang University
Professor

Sung Taeyoon

Yonsei University
Professor

KIM, TAE YOUNG

Former Minister of National Defense of Republic of Korea

Strobe Talbott

The Brookings Institution
President

George Tanasijevich

Marina Bay Sands
CEO

Don Tapscott

The Tapscott Group
CEO

John B. Taylor

Stanford University
Professor

Mathieu TERNER

Changwon National University
Assistant Professor

Nguyen Thi Nga

BRG Group and SeABank
Chairman

Ian Thomas

Thomas Consultants Inc.
CEO

Tuan TranPham

Desktop Metal
VP of Business Development

Derek Tumulak

Vormetric, a Thales Company
Vice President of Product Management

Hunter Tura

Bruce Mau Design
President & CEO

Didier Unglik

L′Etoile Properties
Chairman

Ravi Velloor

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Associate Editor, The Straits Times

Alban Villani

Criteo Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan
Commercial Director

James Wallis

IBM
VP

Toby Walsh

UNSW Australia | Data61 | TU Berlin
Professor

Ingo Walter

New York University Stern School of Business
Professor Emeritus of Finance

Steve Watson

Capital Group China
Chairman

Martin Willcox

Teradata Corporation
VP, Big Data Centre of Excellence

Richard Y C Wong

University of Hong Kong
Professor

Woo Seung Won

39DegreesC
CEO

Chris Wright

Red Hat
Vice President and Chief Technologist

Ada Xiao

Wanxiang Blockchain Labs
Director

Yang Woong Chul

Hyundai Motor Group
Vice Chairman

Yang Young Sig

National Pension Service
Head of Investment Strategy

Yi Hon Sok

Sentrol, Inc
Vice President

Yoon Jong-Won

Ambassdor of Korea to the OECD

David York

Top Tier Capital Partners
CEO & Managing Director

Gino Yu

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Associate Professor

Yun Heesuk

KDI
Director

Li Zexiang

DJI Board
Directors Chairman

Zhang Jun

Fudan University Director
China Center for Economic Studies

Yuhuang Zheng

Tsinghua University
Professor

Zhou Chunsheng

CKGSB
Professor