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Hanshin Kim

CEO

Mr. Kim is a CEO. He has over 20 years of diversified experience in automobile industry serving clients across globe. He is now responsible for managing client relationship, assisting clients with solving complex issues that require highly experienced consultation accumulated through in-depth knowledge in both engineering and regulatory framework in automotive industry.

He was a former homologation manager at Hansung Motors and Nissan Korea where he was in charge of launching over 60 new vehicles into Korea, involving from certification planning to after sales management process. He founded HI Consulting company in 2012 and since then has advised over 10 global car manufactures while serving as an official translator for all the laws and regulations relevant to automobile industry released in Korea on behalf of KAIDA from 2012 to 2020.

Email:hskim@hiconsulting.co.kr

Moonsup Kim

Executive Director

Mr. Kim is a Executive Director. He has broad knowledge and experience obtained from working in risk, compliance and financial management consultancy sector for over 15 years.

He now serves as a point of contact for risk & compliance management to ensure a high quality of our advisory services by looking after day-to-day operational process. Prior to HI Consulting, Mr. Kim was a Director at PwC Consulting in Korea (known as Samil Accounting Firm), where his primary responsibility was to lead various consulting projects, including but not limited to, regulatory risk assessment, enterprise risk management, compliance framework development, compliance audit, and government inspection advisory for both multinational companies operated in Korea and large domestic listed companies.

He is a Certified Public Accountant registered in New York state.

Email:mskim@hiconsulting.co.kr

Jaewook Kim

Director

Mr. Kim is a Leader of Certification Team. He has broad experiences and understanding about certification from technical perspective.

He has professional careers as a homologation manager, warranty executive, technician and field service engineer in automotive industry.

Email:jwkim@hiconsulting.co.kr

Taesung Chung

Team Leader

Mr. Chung is a Leader of Compliance & Translation Team. He has broad certification & compliance knowledge by accumulating some hands-on experiences in the automotive industry.

He was a former technical salesman at European machinery company, and is now responsible for compliance and translation management.

Email:joshua@hiconsulting.co.kr

Youngjoon Kim

Team Leader

Mr. Kim is a Leader of Certification & Regulation. He has accumulated a wide range of knowledge and experience in Korean and overseas regulations over 5 years. He has also an experience of translating automotive regulations delegated from KAIDA.

He provides a summary of regulations and industry trend based on extensive knowledge and a regulatory risk assessment by analyzing differences between past and present regulations so that the customer can comprehend the regulation easily and prevent possible problems.

Email:yjoon@hiconsulting.co.kr

Hansung Kim

Manager

Mr. Kim is a certification specialist. He has broad homologation experience covering diesel, gasoline, electric motor-based vehicle manufactured by various global brand makers.

He has, in particular, in-depth knowledge around overall documentation process aligned with the management of regulatory interaction, which is the essential part of homologation process.

Email:hansung@hiconsulting.co.kr

Insoon Kim

Manager

Ms. Kim is a manager and translator. She monitors and analyzes current regulatory trends and issues in the automobile industry to support clients with practical insights and valuable advice. She also has many years of experience in legal and technical translation for the automobile industry.

Before joining HI Consulting, Ms. Kim worked as an editor and translator for World News Publishing Company.

Email:iskim@hiconsulting.co.kr

Haeseong Kim

Sr. Consultant

Mr. Kim is a consultant. He has knowledge of laws and regulations relevant to automobile industry. He has served as a member of certification & Regulation team.

Email:haeseong@hiconsulting.co.kr

Seonik Shin

Sr. Consultant

Mr. Shin is a consultant. He has knowledge of laws and regulations relevant to automobile industry. He has served as a member of certification & Regulation team and controls databases of certification/compliance.

Email:sishin@hiconsulting.co.kr

Seokjin Son

Consultant

Mr. Son is a translator who translates Korean laws related to automobiles into English. When new Korean laws related to automobiles are enacted or amended, he translates these laws. Before translating, he first researches European or American laws to see if there are any parts that are in harmony with the Korean laws that have been enacted or amended. Before joining HIC, he worked as an English education specialist and part-time translator.

Email:sjson@hiconsulting.co.kr

Taewoo Kim

Consultant

Mr. Kim is in charge of translation tasks. His 20 years or more of experience in domestic and international manufacturing companies, as well as his global expertise, are valuable assets to HIC, as he provides customized translation services that meet customer needs and are tailored to the industry. Prior to joining HIC, Mr. Kim worked as a HR head for major domestic manufacturing companies such as Samsung SDI, Doosan Infracore, Hyundai Elevator, etc. and a foreign company such as WIKA Group, a German multinational company.

Email:kimx4805@hiconsulting.co.kr

Youngshin Lee

ESQ

Mr. Lee graduated from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School with a JD degree (cum laude) and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property Laws from the same school. After graduating from law school, he was in charge of corporate law and intellectual property rights cases as an in-house lawyer and legal advisor for various companies. In particular, Mr. Lee successfully managed a wide range of issues involving trademark rights, corporate law, and business contracts while serving as a legal advisor for a national supermarket chain for five years before joining Song Law Firm. Mr. Lee was admitted to practice law in the State of New York and has worked in Song Law Firm as an associate attorney in charge of its civil, corporate law, and intellectual property rights cases.

Sam Hong

External Quality Advisor

Mr. Hong has extensive experience in vehicle homologation and regulation translation related to motor vehicles. He has worked for various companies and have been involved in homologation projects for a number of different vehicle brands, including Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota, Volvo, BYD, and Mitsubishi. In 1998, he established his own company called SamsTech, which specializes in vehicle homologation. He has also worked as a service manager and technical manager for Inchcape Korea, respectively, where they were mainly responsible for homologation projects for brands such as Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Land Rover, GM, Toyota, and Suzuki. More recently, he has worked as a translation quality advisor at HIC.

Juyeon Kim

General affairs

Ms. Kim is a member of the general affairs team. She supports the stable operation of the organization in various fields such as finance and facility management.

Email:jykim@hiconsulting.co.kr