BA in Economics, Seoul National Univ.; PhD in Economics, Univ. of Pennsylvania. 1979-83, Senior Research Associate, Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State Univ.; 1983-84, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Dev. Institute (KDI); 1985-88, Research Fellow, KDI; 1988, Director, Research Planning and Coordination, KDI; 1989, Senior Fellow, KDI; 1989-91, Vice-President, National Institute for Economic System and Information; 1991-93, Director, Center for Economic Education, KDI; 1993-95, Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs, Office of the President; 1995-97, Minister and Head, OECD Office, Korean Embassy, Paris; 1997, Assistant Minister and Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economy; 1997-98, President, Korea Institute of Public Finance; 1998-2000, Dean, Graduate School of Pan-Pacific Int'l Studies (GSP), Kyung Hee Univ.; 1998-2002, Professor, GSP; 2002-05, President, KDI; 2005-07, Professor, GSP; 2007-08, President, Hallym Univ.; 2008-08, Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs, Office of the President; 2008-10, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the OECD; since 2010, Governor, Bank of Korea.