• President of Kangwon National University
    Jeong Jae-yeon

    Taxation and Finance Expert, Focuses on Achieving "One Province, One National University" and Success in Glocal University 30

    Last Updated on Oct 11, 2024

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Life Summary
Jeong Jae-yeon is the president of Kangwon National University, with a term starting from June 24, 2024, lasting for four years.

He aims to establish Kangwon National University as a globally recognized local university that advances together with the region, based on the creation of value and knowledge.

Jeong is an expert in the field of taxation and public finance.

He was born on September 13, 1968.

He graduated from Korea University with a degree in Business Administration and later earned both a master's and doctorate in Business Administration from Korea University's graduate school.

He started his career as a certified public accountant (CPA), working at Samil Accounting Corporation before serving as an auditor at Samduk Accounting Corporation. He then became a professor in the School of Management, Tourism, and Accounting at Kangwon National University.

In academia, he served as president of the Korean Academic Society of Taxation, and in the industry, he was active as a National Tax Research Committee member for the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Within the university, he held various leadership roles such as the head of the Entrepreneurship Education Center, director of the Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, dean of the College of Business Administration, dean of the Graduate School of Business, and chair of the Finance Committee.

He was also an outside director for Doosan Robotics.

In government, Jeong served as a budget policy advisory committee member for the National Assembly Budget Office, a member of the Tax System Development Deliberation Committee for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the chair of the Business Succession Promotion Committee for the Korea Federation of SMEs.

With the selection of the Glocal University 30 project, he is determined to drive educational innovation at the unified Kangwon National University, aiming to establish it as the sole national university in Gangwon Province.

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