Dr. AHN Choong-yong is currently Distinguished Professor of Graduate School of International Studies at Chung-Ang University, Seoul and the author of South Korea and Foreign Direct Investment: Policy Dynamics and Aftercare Ombudsman (Routledge, 2023). He also co-edited, India-Korea Connections in the Indo-Pacific: Minilateralism and to Multilatalism (Routledge, 2025). The major posts he served include Co-Chair of the Korea-India Strategic Dialogue (2012-2021), Chairman, Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership (KCCP: 2014-2018) to induce voluntary collaborations between Korea’s big businesses and SMEs, and presidentially appointed Foreign Investment Ombudsman (2006-2014) for foreign direct investors in Korea, Chairman of the Presidential Regulatory Reform Committee (2010-2012). While on sabbatical from Chung-Ang University, he also served several posts such as the President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (2002-2005); Chair of the APEC Economic Committee (2002-2005).