Hakseok Ryu is a Head of Korea Liaison Unit of Global Green Growth Institute which is the only international organization with a focus on green growth. He is in charge of the cooperation between GGGI and Korean organizations including government ministries. Before joining GGGI, he worked as a Director of the Energy and Scientific Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea and served in a Permanent Delegation to the OECD of Korea, the Korean Embassy to the Republic of Belarus, and the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles.