South korea

About the Group

Objective

The Market Advisory Groups (MAG) will be established as expert panels to review the status of British Columbia’s current commercial relations with select markets in the Asia Pacific and to prepare specific recommendations on actions to increase commercial engagement.

Tactics

Market Advisory Groups will, through special investigations and the creation of regional and select sector-focused working groups, prepare recommendations to government in areas of importance to increasing British Columbia’s commercial success in the designated region.

Market Advisory Groups will focus on areas (sectors, regions, issues and projects) where the actions of the British Columbia government can help to increase the flow of commerce with the specified market.

Market Advisory Groups will meet as required to prepare workplans, conduct investigations, evaluate the findings and recommendations of working groups, prepare interim reports and to produce a final report and recommendations for the consideration by the Asia Pacific Trade Council.

Market Advisory Group Structure

Each Market Advisory Group will consist of an appointed Chair and approximately nine other members recommended by the Chair (appointments subject to Council approval).

It is anticipated that Market Advisory Groups will establish a number of expert working committees to provide detailed analysis and recommendations covering priority sectors.

Market Advisory Groups will be supported by the Asia Pacific Secretariat, which is staffed by the Ministry of Economic Development. Additional support for the Market Advisory Groups will be provided via the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada under a grant from the Province of British Columbia.

Members

Tae-Hoon Oum (Chair)

Professor, Sauder School of Business

Professor Oum is the UPS Foundation Chair in Transport and Logistics, Sauder School of Business, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is the president of the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS), a world-wide networking organization for researchers, policy makers and executives, the past President of the American Economics Association’s Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG), and a Steering Committee member of the World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) Society since 1995. Dr. Oum specializes in economics and strategic management issues for transport, logistics and telecommunications industries. He has advised numerous Canadian and foreign government agencies, major telecom and airline companies in North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Lew Rossner (Vice-Chair)

Vice President, Rogers Foods Ltd.

As Vice-President of Rogers Foods, Lew Rossner brings a wealth of experience to the Korea MAG in the agri-food sector. Under Lew’s stewardship Rogers Foods developed new export flour and cereal sales into Pacific Rim countries and was the recipient of the Export 1988 award from the Province of British Columbia. Lew also introduced new equity investment and ownership that stabilized, and helped grow Rogers Foods into a financially stable, strategically focused, commodity based agri-business.

Paul Evans

Co-CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Paul Evans is an internationally recognized authority on contemporary political and security issues in the Asia Pacific region, Dr. Evans has provided expert advice to governments and the private sector. Paul Evans has served as Co-Chair of the Canadian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific from its founding in 1993 until July 1997 and from 1994 until June 1998, co-chair of CSCAP's North Pacific Working Group. He was the founding director of the Canadian Consortium on Human Security in 2001-02.

George D. Burke

Partner, Bull, Housser & Tupper

George Burke was the Managing Partner of Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP from 1995 to 1998. He has been a Partner in the Business Law Group since 1989 and, in this capacity, has represented many prominent clients of the firm including Electronic Arts (Canada), Inc., Tokyu Canada Corporation, Washington Marine Group, Seaspan Container Lines Limited and Mitsui & Co. (Canada) Ltd. Prior to joining this Group, George was a member of the firm’s Financial Services Group, representing the Royal Bank of Canada and other financial institutions in various financing matters.

Jay Shin

Shareholder, Boughton Law Corporation

Jay Shin represents both Korean clients doing business in Canada and Canadian clients doing business in Korea and is involved in corporate, commercial, banking, and real estate transactions, both domestic and international. Prior to rejoining Boughton in 2001, Mr. Shin worked as a Foreign Legal Counsel with a major international law firm in Seoul, Korea. Mr. Shin also taught Public international Law, Commercial Arbitration and Negotiations, and Business and Law as Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea

H.Y. Demas Kim

Kentrexs Ent. Ltd.

Demas Kim established Kentrexs Enterprises in 1983, a recruitment and consulting firm. Kentrexs Enterprises is active in the recruitment of skilled labor for corporate interests seeking professional workers with specific trade or skill sets. Kentrexs recruitment activities are primarily focused on markets in China, Korea, Vietnam, South Africa and Eastern Europe. Demas has also played an extensive leadership role in developing the relationship between the Korean and Canadian community as Korean Olympic Attache, representing the Korean Olympic team at the 1998 Calgary Winter Olympic Games and by arranging and promoting a sister city relationship between Daechun and Calgary.

Kyung-ae Park

Korea Foundation Chair of the Institute of Asian Research, UBC Professor, Department of Political Science, UBC

Kyung-Ae Park is Korea Foundation Chair of the Institute of Asian Research and a professor of political science at University of British Columbia. Previously, she was a professor at Mercer University, and Franklin and Marshall College in the U.S. She is also a past president of the Association of Korean Political Studies in North America. She is the author of many scholarly publications on issues of North and South Korean politics, foreign relations, and gender and development. As an expert analyst, she has actively participated in the policy dialogues on Korean politics among Korean and North American experts and policy makers. Since mid-1990s, she has made several trips to North Korea and hosted North Korean delegation visits to Canada.

Lindsay Hall

President, ENGLOBE Enterprises Limited

Lindsay Hall has been active in the Asia Pacific region since 1966. ENGLOBE Enterprises is currently involved in the, import of construction materials and agri-food products, manufacturing of glass and distribution of machinery, stainless steel pipes, and aluminum. Englobe was recently awarded the contract to source aluminum for construction of the Vancouver Convention Centre. He is also the current President of the Canada Korea Business Association and has been a member since 1972.

Danny Lee

President, BL International Co., Ltd.

Danny Lee is involved in the agri-food distribution business in Korea. BL International is involved with Brandt Louie on the import and distribution of agricultural and agri-food products throughout Korea.

Don Cowan

Director, Asia Pacific Taxation KPMG

Don is specialized in taxation matters particular to companies that do business between Canada and Asia. He has long history of dealing with clients from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea that invest or operate in Canada and with issues relating to distributions and dispositions of Canadian property. Don travels to Asia on a regular basis and assists numerous Asian clients with international tax planning structures. Don has written articles for the Canadian Tax Foundation and British Columbia Tax Foundation. He is also a regular tutorial leader at the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in depth tax course. Don is the treasurer for the Canada-Korea Business Association and is past president of the Canada-Taiwan Trade Association.