AMCHAM Korea Announces Board Members for 2012

Today, the American Chamber of Commerce announced the slate of officers elected to serve on the board of governors for 2012. Yes, yours truly will serve again this year on the board. With the recent ratification of the KORUS (Korea and USA) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) the AmCham Board will be busy with the added work of the implementation of the FTA in addition to an already full year of events. Also, early next year there will be a half day conference held to identify the opportunities there are due to the passing of this agreement between Korea and the USA.

AMCHAM Korea Announces Board Members for 2012

ELECTION RESULTS:

Chairman:

Pat Gaines – Boeing Korea [Re-elected]

Vice Chairmen:

Soo Hwang - GE Korea
James Kim – Microsoft Korea [Newly Elected Vice Chairman]
Thomas Pinansky – Barun [Re-elected]

Treasurer:

Henry An - PricewaterhouseCoopers/Samil

Former Chairman:

David Ruch - United Airlines

Foundation Chairman:

Jeffrey Jones - Kim & Chang

Governors:

Mike Arcamone - GM Korea Company
Bradley Buckwalter – ADT Korea [Newly Elected Governor]
Eun-Mi Chae - FedEx Korea
James Dixon - Visa Korea [Re-elected]
Preston Draper – Costco Korea [Newly Elected Governor]
Bob Edwards – Chevron [Re-elected]
Larry Klane - Korea Exchange Bank
Peter Kwak – NIKE Korea [Newly Elected Governor]
Dong-Soo Lee - Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Korea
Steve McKinney - McKinney Consulting
Sae-Yul Park - Johnson & Johnson Medical Asia Pacific
Se-Joon Park - Amway Korea

Honorary Chairman:

Ambassador Sung Kim - U.S. Embassy

Honorary Governors:

Michael Kleine - U.S. Embassy, Economic Affairs
James Sullivan - U.S. Embassy, Foreign Commercial Affairs

Steven B. McKinney is the founder and president of McKinney Consulting Inc., who has over 12 years of experience as an Executive Search Consultant & is a Certified Master Coach. He serves on several boards including the American Chamber of Commerce-Korea and was bestowed Honorary Citizen of Seoul in 2007. Prior to the establishment of McKinney Consulting he had over 10 years of senior leadership experience in athletic footwear company giants, Adidas, Reebok and Converse etc. He can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

About McKinney Consulting: McKinney Consulting is an executive search firm (sometimes simplified as executive recruiters or headhunters) which has placed hundreds of bi-lingual middle-senior level executives for multinational companies in Korea & Asia and was established in 2001. McKinney Consulting is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC). In addition, McKinney Consulting provides behavioral-based coaching services with scientifically developed tools in coaching executives and businesses to excellence and success. McKinney Consulting coaches are members of the International Coaching Council. Also, McKinney offers Talent Management services such as the outsourcing of candidates and payroll services etc.