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Global CEO mentors gather at Dankook
Writer 글로벌전략팀 장지훈
Date 2016.05.30
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Eight multinational corporations including GM Korea and Pfizer Korea participated

The ‘8th AMCHAM Innovation Camp’ was held at the Cheonan Campus International Conference Hall on April 28th to offer college students mentoring and advice on employment and entrepreneurship.


Dignitaries at the event included Dankook University President Chang Hosung, parliamentarian Park Chanwoo, Cheonan City Mayor Koo Bonyoung and representatives of member companies of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (“AMCHAM”). CEOs and executives from eight multinational corporations participated by providing lectures and mentoring sessions. Some notable speakers were AMCHAM Chairman James Kim (President & CEO of GM Korea, and chairman of the board), Chairman Jeffrey Jones of AMCHAM Partners for the Future Foundation, AMCHAM Korea President John Schuldt and Pfizer Korea President & CEO Dave (Dongwook) Oh.


In the first session, AMCHAM President John Schuldt, Pfizer Korea CEO Dave Oh and GM Korea CEO James Kim took the stand. Not only did they offer advice to students on how to sharpen global competitiveness, but after the lecture they also held a Q&A session where students and the corporate leaders were able to freely communicate with each other. The following second session consisted of small group mentoring between students and the CEOs where each business leader sat down with around 20 students and shared insight on how to build careers, engaging in intensive discussions.


AMCHAM, which was founded in 1953, is a non-profit organization that was established to expand and promote business and trade between Korea and the U.S. The organization plays an advisory role to Korea in devising policies for economic development, providing support for the unemployed and their families, and offering vocational training and internship programs.