Ki Chan Kim is a professor of business school at the Catholic University of Korea, International Chancellor, President University, Incoming Chairman, International Council for Small Business(ICSB), Member of the Planning and Evaluation Committee, The National Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences(NRC), Chairman, Korea Testing Certification,Fellow, Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation, Advisor of New Southern Policy, Republic of Korea and past chairman of the Innovation-driven Economy Division, the National Economic Advisory Council(NEAC) to President in Korea. He got a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Seoul National University and researched as a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo, Harvard University and MIT, and a Distinguished Professor at George Washington University. He also served as board member, advisory member at Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Mobis, and the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business. He was president at Korea Association of Small Business Studies, Korea Automobile Industry Association, Asia Council of Small Business(ACSB), and International Council of Small Business (ICSB). He received numerous awards including the Best Paper Award of the Korea Management Association and the Maekyung Paper Award of the Maeil Business Newspaper, 62th ICSB World Conference Best Paper Award (2017).