Dr. Kim Heungchong is is currently a member of the Trade Agreement Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of Korea, and serves as Senior Advisor to D&A LLC as well as Head of the Economic Policy Advisory Team at its U.S. Strategy and Policy Division. He is a member of the Korea–Russia Dialogue (KRD), the Law and Policy Forum, and the Financial Internationalization Forum.
From 2020 to 2023, he served as President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and Chair of the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC). He also served as President of the European Studies Association of the Asia-Pacific (EUSAAP), President of the Korean Association of EU Studies (EUSA-Korea), and President of the Korea APEC Studies Association. In 2023, he co-chaired a Task Force of Think20 (T20) India under the G20 process. He served as a member of the International Advisory Board of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) and as a member of the International Advisory Council of the World Digital Economy & Technology Summit (WDET).
His expertise includes world economy, trade policy, economic security, geopolitics & geo-economics, and regional studies. He has been deeply involved in policy-making process of the Korean government in the fields of economic, trade and diplomatic policies. To name a few, Dr. Kim was a member of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation, and the chair on the Economy and Trade Division of the Korea-China Committee for the Future from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Professor Kim was among the Advisory Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance & Economy of Korea, and had been a key advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Korea-EU FTA during the negotiation. He advised the Ministry of Strategy and Finance on G20, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on APEC and Korea’s diplomatic strategy, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on ASEM and Brexit. He was an advisory board member of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of ROK in 2022~24.
Dr. Kim has established close relationships with major international institutions, including the WTO, OECD, EU, and UN. In addition to these organisations, he has been invited as a distinguished speaker to numerous international and private forums, such as the Opinion Leaders Seminar (USA), Strategic Dialogue between ROK and US (USA), Salzburg Global Seminar (USA/Europe), China Development Forum (China), BOAO Forum (China), Raisina Dialogue (India), Kautilya Economic Conclave (India), World Policy Forum (France), Valdai Discussion Forum (Russia), Doha Forum (Qatar), Copenhagen Democracy Summit (Denmark), WTO Public Forum (WTO), Asia-Europe EU Studies Association (European Commission), Atlantic Dialogues (Morocco), Cape Town Conversation (South Africa), Yerevan Dialogue (Armenia), and Think7/Think20, thereby solidifying his role as a leading figure in global discourse.
Dr. Kim was a Fulbright Scholar in the UC Berkeley, and was an Honorary Member of High Table in Christ Church, Oxford. He held visiting positions at Ifri, VUB, Korea University and Marmara University, too. He has published more than 200 papers and books, and has actively contributed to various newspapers, TV programs and social media in Korea and abroad. He read economics at Seoul National University and the University of Oxford.

Academic Background

B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
M.A. & PhD in Economics, Seoul National University
MPhil in Economics, University of Oxford

Professional Background

President, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
President, Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
President, Korea APEC Studies Association
President, European Studies association of the Asia-Pacific