Chongwook Chung

I am an experienced finance professional having diverse experience in accounting, tax, treasury and business & financial planning and analysis with strong international exposures through regional representative roles in Asia Pacific region. I aslo have the know-how and experience gained from conducting economic and financial analysis on large-scale infrastructure investment projects across various areas as power plant, renewable energy, environment, overseas resource exploration, industry complex, transportation, etc.

Specialist (Infrastructur Investment)

• Conduct preliminary feasibility studies on large-scale infrastructure investment projects of public institutions across various areas as thermal power plant, renewable energy, environment, overseas resource exploration & production, industry complex, transportation, etc.
• Participate in various policy research projects such as study on efficiency of risk sharing between public and private sectors for infrastructure investments, etc.
• Conduct cost-benefit analysis and Value for Money (VfM) test for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, provides technical support for the implementation
• Examine the effectiveness of restructuring plans of distressed infrastructure projects in terms of reduction of government financial burden

Business Analyst 

• Business Planning & Analysis
  • Strategic Business Planning: Rolling 3-year view of key business strategies and initiatives
  • Annual Plan: Provide details for delivering on business strategies for next year focused on growth models from introduction of new products, pricing, volume, product mix and cost savings initiatives
• Capital projects control & management: review appropriation request for capital investment projects in terms of project feasibility analysis includingfinancial evaluations and prioritize capitalprojects by strategic objectives

Finance Analyst    

• Capital structure review: prepareshort-term/long-term cash flow forecast including analysis of working capital changes, capital purchaseplans, tax effective repatriation structure, fundingoptions and currencyimplications
• Cash flow management: maximize excess cash investment yield while meeting liquidity needs to fund capital equipment purchases, dividend payments and working capital requirements
• Foreign currency exposure management: reduce local currency earningsvolatility resulting from foreign currency denominated transactions by identifying, monitoring, and managing foreign currency exposures
• Management of employee retirement funds: issuance of internal funds investment guidance, evaluation of external funds providers and allocation of the funds based on the performance evaluation

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea

Ph.D. Graduate School of Future Strategy, February 2023

Dissertation: Energy transition and renewable energy investment strategy

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Master of Science in Finance,  August 2014

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS)