PYONG-IL SON, has lots of experience in supporting Korean companies’s penetration to overseas markets by working at the Korea Trade&Investment Promotion Agency(KOTRA) for more than 30 years. He has not only served as a Director General at Nairobi Kenya from 2014 to 2017 but also as a Regional Head Officer of Sub Saharan Africa between 2019 and 2022 to research, develop, and participate in several projects in which Korean companies are involved. He had a key role as a director when KOTRA took charge of the Knowledge Sharing Program(KSP) in the industry cooperation sector from the Government and applied KSP to the field services. Such effort has been developed to Economic Innovation Partnership Program(EIPP) which KOTRA accepts an appointment from the Government. He believes the ODA including EIPP can play the main role that Korean companies taking part in SOC and investment in the African continent.