Sang-Hyup Kim is a visiting professor at Graduate School of Green Growth, College of Business, KAIST and chairman of Coalition for Our Common Future. Prior to joining the KAIST (2013), Mr. Kim worked at the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea from 2008 as the Secretary for National Future and Vision, where he contributed in setting the historic “Low Carbon Green Growth” vision for Korea. In 2011, he became the Senior Secretary to the President for Green Growth, coordinating the planning, developing, and implementing Korea’s Green Growth strategy. Also, he served as a member of the Global Agenda Council of World Economic Form and now he serves as a co-chairman of Jeju Green Big Bang Committee.

Kim was formerly a Washington correspondent for Maeil Business Newspaper and co-founding member of the World Knowledge Forum and Vision Korea Project. He also worked at SBS, Seoul Broadcasting System, during which he set up the future and vision projects team in 2004, in addition to found and serving in the capacity of the Executive Director of the Seoul Digital Forum.

Kim has a B.A and M.A in International Relations from Seoul National University. He has been recipient of numerous awards during his career, including: Broadcaster of the Year; Korean Broadcasters Association (2007); Hongjo Order of Service Merit (2010); Hwangjo Order of Service Merit (2012).
<BR><BR>前 청와대 국정기획실 미래비전비서관과 차관급인 녹색성장기획관을 지냈다. 매일경제신문 워싱턴 특파원(1997)과 세계지식포럼 창립 멤버(2000), 다보스 세계경제포럼(WEF) Global Agenda Council 위원(2008), 글로벌녹색성장기구(GGGI) 이사(2010)를 역임하였다. 서울대학교를 졸업하고 한국신문협회 대상(2003), 한국방송협회 올해의 방송인상(2007), 홍조근정훈장(2010), 한국언론인협회의 자랑스런 한국인대상(녹색성장부문, 2012), 황조근정훈장(2012) 등을 수상하였다. 현재는 KAIST 경영대학원 초빙교수 및 사단법인 우리들의미래의 이사장이며, 제주그린빅뱅 위원회 공동위원장, 매일경제신문 고정 칼럼, SBS 자문등을 맡고 있다.