2022 Korea Times Forum (Main photo)

Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row sixth from left, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang, fifth from left, and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, seventh from left, pose during a VIP session prior to the 2022 Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) building in Seoul, Tuesday. From left in the front row are German Ambassador Michael Reiffenstuel, Lotte Corp. Vice Chairman Song Yong-dok, Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung, KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo, Lee, Seung, Oh, Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung, Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo and S-Oil CEO Hussain A. Al-Qahtani. From left in the second row are Italian Ambassador Federico Failla, Citibank Korea CEO Yoo Myung-soon, Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung, AMCHAM Chairman James Kim, ECCK Chairperson Dirk Lukat, University of Utah Asia Campus Chief Administrative Officer Gregory Hill, Saudi Arabian Ambassador Sami M. Alsadhan, Korea Investment Corp. CEO Jin Seung-ho, Korea Exchange Chairman Sohn Byung-doo, S-Oil President Ryu Yul and George Mason University Korea Campus Dean Robert Matz. From left in the third row are Israeli Ambassador Akiva Tor, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration President Han Sang-man, Kim & Chang Managing Partner Chung Kye-sung, McKinsey & Company Partner Pooya Nikooyeh, Philippine Ambassador Maria Theresa Dizon-De Vega, McKinsey & Company Partner Choi Seung-hyuk, McKinsey & Company Partner Park Joong-ho and Hanwha Group President Lee Tae-kil. From left in the fourth row are Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, Ukrainian Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko, MBK Partners CEO Kim Kwang-il and KGCCI President Martin Henkelmann. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul