Financial Centres Of The World 2025: Why Seoul & How To Start With Invest Seoul
Webinar

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During this webinar, Mr. Gu highlighted Korea's rapid economic growth and Seoul's ambition to become a top-five financial hub by 2030. He emphasized Seoul's strengths, including its qualified global talent pool, strong global brand power, and world-class ICT infrastructure. Key initiatives include attracting global talent, developing innovative industrial clusters like DMC, Magok, Yeouido, and Hongneung, and the ambitious Yongsan International Business District project. Mr. Gu also discussed the role of Invest Seoul in supporting foreign investment, providing information on innovative industrial clusters, and connecting global investors with promising Seoul companies through initiatives like the "Core 100" programme. He also mentioned the availability of financial and non-financial support programmes for foreign investors, including subsidies, tax exemptions, and cash grants.

Background: Z/Yen's "Focus On" series highlights key business and financial centres from around the world. Here we look at Seoul, which is the largest city and capital of South Korea, as well as being home to many Fortune 500 companies, such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai. In this webinar, Bonhi Gu will primarily deal with general information on Seoul city as a global financial hub and Invest Seoul as a foreign investment promotion agency established by Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Speaker:

Bonhi Gu is the Commissioner of Invest Seoul since 2022, with over 20 years of his previous career in banking industry.

He is truly enthusiastic about making Seoul a leading hub of global business, innovation, and talent in Asia. Most recently Mr. Gu has been leading work for Woori Bank Korea.

There, he served as an investment banking manager & derivative trader in London & Seoul. Before that, from 2011-2015,

he led the Global Business Department where he handled both HR issues and budget management of overseas networks and employees.

Also, he contributed to the company by launching banking products for global Wealth Management clients. His work has taken him to Woori Bank Europe GmbH in 2016,

where he mainly focused on corporate banking business, money intermediary, and bond trading business.

Date
Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Time
8:00 - 8:45 GMT

Cost
Free

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Speaker(s):
  • Bonhi Gu
    Bonhi Gu
    Commissioner
    Invest Seoul
Chairman:
  • Hugh Morris
    Hugh Morris
    Senior Research Partner
    Z/Yen Group