With over 32 years in Human Resource(HR) & Human Resource Development (HRD) in Korea, China, and the United States, MijinCho believes in the life-time mission of Developing Leaders & Talents.

She successfully landed her career at the global top-notch Motorola University where she helped the learning & development of global talents developing & providing diverse interventions to corporate executives & next generation leaders.
In 2007, she moved on to LG Display as the Vice President of HRD and soon expanded her role to Human Resource Management(HRM) with her integrated approach to Top Leadership Development within the large global corporation.
She was recognized as one of the most distinguished Solution Architects in the field of Executive Leadership where she provided highly Individualized & Focused Solutions to leader groups towards their Actual Behavioral Changes.

In 2014, she joined the Hyundai Motor Group University as the Sr. Vice President & Deputy Chief Learning Officer where she made ambitious transformations in HRD. She managed her team to take pride as HRD Leaders and being the Change Element
in the Global Executive Leadership Development & Talent Development.

With aspirations in the development of the Next Generation Leaders, she recently decided to let go of her corporate duties and to focus on her own establishment of Innovative Leadership Development Practices.

She went through her undergraduate studies in Sociology at Yonsei University (Seoul) and Masters in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University (Bloomington). She recently was appointed as the Chair of the Board for the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts where she will be extending her boundaries in Culture and Arts.

Johansson first joined IKEA in 1987 as a part-time co-worker at the IKEA store in Älmhult, Sweden. After earning his Master’s degree at Linköping University in Sweden, he gained extensive exposure in the global home furnishing industry in various positions within IKEA in several countries spanning from Asia to Europe including Managing Director of IKEA Components.

He moved to IKEA Retail in 2010, where he extended his experience as Deputy Store Manager and Store Manager for XuHui and Daxing stores in China. He was also the Deputy Country Manager for IKEA France for almost 3 years before joining IKEA Korea in 2017 as Deputy Country Manager. In 2019 he became IKEA Korea Country Retail Manager.

As a part of his master's studies, Fredrik spent half a year in 1995 in Seoul National University.

Philippe Tirault serves as managing partner at DHR international and oversees the operations of the firm's Korea office. He is a veteran in the Executive Search industry in Asia with more than 30 years of experience in that field. As a member of the Financial Services and Industrial Practice Groups, Philippe is overseeing the development of DHR International in the Korean market. He specializes in senior level search assignments for both foreign and Korean clients.

Prior to joining DHR International, Philippe was based in Seoul as a Senior Client Partner and Head of the Automotive Practice – Asia for a leading global executive search firm, specializing in global searches for positions in the financial services and industrial sectors. Before that, he served as Managing Partner for another major international executive search firm, running their operations in Korea for several years.

Philippe started his career in Executive Search by founding the first executive search firm in Korea in 1987. He successfully grew the company into a major player in the executive search space in Asia, expanding to seven offices across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand by 1997. The company was later sold to a major global executive search firm in 2000.

Before his career in Executive Search, Philippe worked for a major French bank as a member of the strategic planning team in their corporate headquarters in Paris. He was later transferred to the bank's Seoul branch to promote new business ventures between Korean and French companies.

Philippe holds a degree in Civil Engineering from ESTP (École Spéciale des Travaux Publics), a major French engineering school. He is also a graduate of ESSEC (École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales), one of Europe's leading business schools.

Jacco Zwetsloot has lived in Korea for 20 of the last 25 years, with a broad range of work experience in the communication, legal, tourism, training and broadcasting sectors. He has worked as an English teacher, a tour guide for the US military, a regular radio show guest, and a translator of North Korean propaganda. Currently, Jacco works as a content creator for a communications consultancy Insight Communications Consultants, hosts a weekly podcast about North Korea, moderates panel discussions, writes a monthly Korean newspaper column and still leads occasional lunchtime walking tours in downtown Seoul for the Royal Asiatic Society Business & Culture Club. Jacco holds a Master of Arts degree in Korean Studies from Leiden University, a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies from Monash University and a separate Bachelor of Arts in Modern European Studies and German Language from the University of Melbourne.