Chairman : Jeffrey Jones

• Jeffrey D. Jones has been with Kim & Chang since 1980. He started practicing law in 1978 with Baker & McKenzie in their Chicago and Tokyo offices.
  
  Mr. Jones is active in civic and charitable activities as well. He served five terms as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and three terms as President of the Seoul Club. Mr. Jones organized and presently serves as Chairman of a nonprofit foundation, Partners for the Future, providing scholarships, job training, aid and other assistance to the unemployed and their families in Korea. He concurrently serves as Chairman of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Korea.

• Mr. Jones serves as advisor to several organizations and government agencies in Korea including the Seoul International Business Advisory Council and Foreign Investment Advisory Council of Seoul City. Mr. Jones provides advice and assistance to several NGOs and he is currently a board member of Korea Green Foundation, and Fulbright Foundation. Mr. Jones was appointed by President Roh Moo Hyun to be a member of the Regulatory Reform Commission. For his service to the Korean economy, Mr. Jones was awarded the Bronze Tower of Industrial Merit by President Kim Dae Jung.

Director : James Kim

• James Kim is Chairman and CEO of AMCHAM Korea. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Mirae Assets Global Investments and holds a role as an Independent Director of Hyundai Mobis, a publicly listed company. Mr. Kim is a Korean-American who is passionate about promoting the commercial interests between the United States and Korea.
  
  He also serves as a Country Commissioner for the Global Tech Security Commission (GTSC), representing South Korea, since July 2023. Collaborating with GTSC Co-chair Keith Krach, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment under the Trump administration, he plays a pivotal role in addressing critical global tech security challenges.
  
  Prior to AMCHAM, Mr. Kim served as Chairman and CEO of GM Korea. At GM Korea, Mr. Kim was responsible for the total operations encompassing 17,000 employees (sales, manufacturing, distribution and design). Mr. Kim also had oversight responsibilities with GM’s joint venture operations in Uzbekistan.
  
  Mr. Kim joined GM Korea from Microsoft Korea, where he had served as Country Manager and CEO. His previous roles include CEO of Yahoo! Korea and Asia Regional Vice President of Overture (a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo).

• Before his tenure at Yahoo, Mr. Kim's career was primarily based in the United States, where he served as Managing Partner at Palisades Advisors in New York. Preceding his time at Palisades, he held several notable positions, including CEO of Corcoran.com, CEO of Vivien International, and National Marketing Manager at AT&T.
  
  Mr. Kim is frequently featured in leading Korean and international media as an authority on the relationship between Korea and the United States. Mr. Kim's contributions extend beyond his professional endeavors. He received a Presidential Commendation in the Cooperation for Tax Administration Category at the 58th Taxpayer's Day, recognized by the National Tax Service. Mr. Kim is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and an MBA from Harvard University.
  
  As an avid tennis player, Mr. Kim serves as the official “Wilson Brand Ambassador.” Mr. Kim lives in Seoul, Korea with his spouse and has two grown children.

Director : YouMe Jeon

Director : Jinyong Oh

Director : Soojin Yu

• Soojin Yu is Country Director – South Korea since January 2016. In this role, she oversees general management of Alaska’s commercial activities in South Korea.
  
  Soojin has more than 30 years of experience in aviation, aeronautics, automobile and broadcast. Prior to joining Alaska Airlines, she served as China Business Manager – Asia Pacific Region for Renault Samsung Motors in South Korea, where she led new vehicle development projects and new business platform initiatives.

• Previously, Soojin worked as the Marketing and Communications Manager for Air France KLM, and also served as an interpreter for pilots and mechanics for Samsung Aerospace and Eurocopteur. She began her career working in foreign exchange at Banque Indosuez in Seoul.
  
  Born and raised in Busan, Soojin holds a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Yonsei University in Seoul.

Auditor : Henry An

• Henry An is a Senior Partner at Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is the Korean member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He serves as Inbound Leader with firm-wide oversight responsibility for the firm’s foreign-invested client base. He also serves as Tax Clients & Markets Leader and Inclusion & Diversity Champion.
  
  Henry has accumulated over 25 years of experience providing various types of consulting services in the U.S. (Washington National Tax, Chicago, New York Metro) and Korea. He specializes in providing advice on complex business and tax issues.
  
  He has been recognized in Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers and Transfer Pricing Advisers every year since 2004. He has also been recognized in Legal Media Group’s Best of the Best as one of the top transfer pricing advisers worldwide since 2011 and in International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders every year since 2013.

• Henry has served as an external adviser to Korea’s National Tax Service, Korea Customs Service, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Office of the Prime Minister and the President’s Transition Committee.
  
  Henry serves as the Chairman of Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and is a Co-Chair of the CFO Committee.
  
  Henry received a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.