AustCham Korea Webinar: Korean Market Update
AustCham Korea is pleased to invite you to join a special briefing with Rodney Commerford, Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner (Korea), Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade). In relation to the current COVID-19 crisis, the webinar will provide an update on the Korean market with insights on the government’s response, economic stimulus and future outlook. The latter part of the webinar will feature two guest industry representatives, Yooni Kim, COO at Novotech and Ms Gyung-ran Kang, Director of Nielsen Korea, who will provide their insights into the Health / Biotech and F&B markets.
Event Agenda
- Introduction – AustCham Korea
- General Korea Update; COVID-19 response, economic stimulus and future outlook – Rodney Commerford, Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner (Korea), Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
- Health / Biotech update –Yooni Kim, COO, Novotech
- F&B Market Update – Gyung-ran Kang, Director, Nielsen Korea
- Discussion / Q&A
Speaker Introduction:
Rod commenced his role as Austrade’s Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner for Korea and Mongolia in September 2018. His role is focused on attracting Korean investors to Australia and growing Australia’s goods and services trade to Korea and Mongolia. Previously, Rod had worked as Trade Commissioner Korea in 2016 and in Mongolia in 2010. Since his commencement with Austrade in January 2008, Rod had been Team Leader, Transport and Multilateral projects, assisting Australian Infrastructure companies’ grow in international markets and has also worked across multiple sectors, including agribusiness, resources, food and beverage. Rod also worked in Austrade’s inward investment division, helping attract productive foreign direct investment into Australia’s infrastructure, energy and agricultural sectors.
Prior to joining Austrade Rod has over 12 year’s international trade experience, including roles at Alcoa and Holden, expanding their export business units. Rod has considerable experience in trade with Asia and the Middle East.
Rod has a Bachelor of Business (Economics) from Victoria University in Melbourne.
Dr Yooni Kim is responsible for overseeing Novotech’s operations and project delivery within the Asia region. Prior to joining Novotech, Dr Kim worked at PRA Health Sciences as Director of Operations for North Asia, and worked at various positions in clinical development, medical affairs, and pharmacovigilance at GSK. Dr Kim is very experienced in Asia’s drug development industry, having managed operations for South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, India, and Japan. Dr Kim has spoken widely regarding the current landscape of clinical development in Asia. Dr Kim has a pharmacist background and received a doctorate degree of medicine from Seoul National University, specializing in Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology.
Len/Gyoung-ran Kang has 18 years of solid experience in consumer research, shopper insight and market analysis. She is currently responsible for market entry solution and shopper insight based out of Korea.
Len’s primary responsibility is to drive the team to deliver valued-added market insights to clients. With e-commerce boost up, Len is focusing on bringing insight into digital space by understanding Omni channel shopping behaviours as well.
She has been relocated to Singapore, Nielsen South East Asia regional shopper practice group in 2015. Based out of Singapore, she helped the multi-national clients to win shoppers’ mind and heart for 3 years.
She has been working with global clients in more than 50 countries around the world.
Expertise in analysis of shoppers and retailers, trends, new product/solutions, channels and purchase behaviours to help the client build an effective winning strategy.
