Dr. Kyung-wha Kang will be the 9th President and Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Society. The Board of Trustees of the Asia Society said her appointment comes into effect in April 2024.
Dr. Kyung-wha Kang will be the 9th President and Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Society. The Board of Trustees of the Asia Society said her appointment comes into effect in April 2024.
Dr. Kang is the first woman to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017 to 2021) in South Korea’s history.
An accomplished diplomat had previously held key leadership roles at the United Nations from Minister at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN, and various senior positions during Secretaries-Generals Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon, and António Guterres, said the Asia society information.
“I am deeply honored and excited to be Asia Society’s next President and CEO,” said a Distinguished Professor at the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.
Beginning her career as a journalist, Dr. Kang is the recipient of South Korea’s various medals.
Founded in 1956, Asia Society is an educational institution based in New York is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit global organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders, and institutions across Asia and beyond.
Its global network includes award-winning and state-of-the-art cultural centers and gallery spaces in Hong Kong and Houston in the USA.
Asia Society also houses the Asia Society Policy Institute, one of the top-ranked think tanks in the world has offices in Delhi, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and Zurich.
