Sang-Hyup Kim is a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Green Growth, College of Business, KAIST, and chairman of Coalition for Our Common Future. Before joining KAIST (2013), Mr. Kim worked at the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea from 2008 as the Secretary for National Future and Vision, where he contributed to setting the historic “Low Carbon Green Growth” vision for Korea. In 2011, he became the Senior Secretary to the President for Green Growth, coordinating the planning, development, and implementation of Korea’s Green Growth strategy. Also, he served as a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Form and now he serves as a co-chairman ofthe Jeju Green Big Bang Committee.
Kim was formerly a Washington correspondent for Maeil Business Newspaper and a co-founding member of the World Knowledge Forum and Vision Korea Project. He also worked at SBS, Seoul Broadcasting System, during which he set up the future and vision projects team in 2004, in addition to founding and serving in the capacity of the Executive Director of the Seoul Digital Forum.
Kim has a B.A and M.A in International Relations from Seoul National University. He has been a recipient of numerous awards during his career, including: Broadcaster of the Year; Korean Broadcasters Association (2007); Hongjo Order of Service Merit (2010); Hwangjo Order of Service Merit (2012).