People: Leo Motors Inc (LEOM.PK)

Dr. Young Il Kim serves as Director of Leo Motors Inc. Dr. Kim joined the Company on October 11, 2009. Dr. Kim began his career in the auto industry in 1988, at Panther Sports Car as Senior Designer and Manager. He later served as Chief Designer of commercial vehicles and concept vehicles at Sang-Yong Motor Company before joining the Hyundai Motor Group in 1995. From 1995 through 2007, Dr. Kim held various positions of increasing responsibility under the Hyundai and Kia Motors Group umbrella, including Chief Designer at Hyundai Precision through March 2005, Chief Designer and Senior Vice President at Hyundai and Kia Marketing Division from March 2005 to September 2006, and Executive Vice President in the Marketing Division in charge of Brand and Design Differentiation between Hyundai and Kia Motors from September 2006 to February 2007. From then until March 2009 he was CEO and President of Innocean Worldwide, a Marketing and Advertising Company of the Hyundai and Kia Group. Dr. Kim, who holds an Industrial Designer of Product Design degree from Wuppertal University, Germany, and a PhD in Design from Kook-Min University, Seoul, Korea, has enjoyed a distinguished academic career as well, having lectured at various colleges and universities on the subjects of design and marketing since 2000. Dr. Kim was a visiting professor at Gothenburg University, Sweden during the 2004/05 academic year, and is currently serving as a visiting professor at Kyung-hee University, where he began in August 2009.