Since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990, the president of the Korea-Africa Foundation, Lyeo Woon-ki, has spent 30 years as a diplomat, working back and forth between the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korea’s diplomatic missions. First of all, he worked at the Cultural Cooperation Division, the Office of Policy Planning and International Organizations, the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, the African and Middle Eastern Affairs Bureau, and the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, as well as overseas missions in Ireland, Singapore, the Czech Republic, Austria, Qatar, and Ghana. His recent roles include serving as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Ireland and to the Ghana (Togo and Benin) and as a Deputy Director-General of the African and Middle Eastern Affairs Bureau, contributing to the development and promotion of diplomatic cooperation with African countries. The President, Lyeo Woon-ki, holds a Bachelor’s degree in German Studies from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea and a Master’s degree in European Economy & Politics from University College Dublin, Ireland.