2023 March KUBS Academic News

1. New faculty members appointed

Korea University Business School appointed 2 new faculty members including Professor Lee Kyuhan (MIS) and Professor Lee Jaemin (Business Management) from 2023 March.

Professor Lee Kyuhan received a bachelor’s degree in Business School and a master’s degree in MIS from Seoul National University. After he received a Ph.D. degree from University of Arizona in the United States, he had been an assistant professor at W. P. Carey School of Business – at Arizona State University since 2021. He was appointed as a KUBS MIS professor this March.

Professor Lee Jaemin received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Business School from Seoul National University. After he received a Ph. D. degree in Business Management and Entrepreneurship from INSEAD in France, he had been an assistant professor at Imperial College Business School in the United Kingdom since 2016. He was appointed as a KUBS Business Management professor.

2. Professor Yi Hansang

Professor Yi Hansang (Accounting) will leave his office for 3 years from this March 1st and start his position as the 9th President of the Korea Accounting Institute. Korea Accounting Institute is a higher organization of the Korea Accounting Standards Board (KASB) and Korea Sustainability Standards Board (KSSB) and Professor Yi will also serve as the chair of the two boards.

Also, Professor Yi will start his position as a private member of a private-public joint ESG policy conference (Hosted by the Vice Minister of Economy and Finance, joined by 8 government departments and private members) from this February. He will be consulting on pending issues regarding national ESG policy.