Choi Soon-sik Appointed as New CEO of Gyeonggi Green Space Foundation

▲ Choi Soon-sik, newly appointed CEO of Gyeonggi Green Space Foundation.

Choi Soon-sik, 55, has been appointed as the new CEO of the Gyeonggi Green Space Foundation (Chair: Son Hak-gyu).

On the 7th, the foundation announced the appointment of Choi Soon-sik, who previously served as Vice Governor for Administration of Gyeonggi Province, to fill the vacant CEO position left by the retirement of former CEO Chun Myung-su.

The newly appointed CEO Choi graduated from the 10th class of the Civil Service Examination in 1972, earned degrees from Chung-Ang University's College of Law and Seoul National University's Graduate School of Public Administration. He has held positions including Director of the Gyeonggi Provincial Civil Service Training Institute, Director of Planning and Management, Mayor of Ansan, Vice Mayor of Seongnam, Vice Mayor of Bucheon, and Vice Governor for Administration of Gyeonggi Province.

As an administrative expert with outstanding planning and execution capabilities, CEO Choi is considered the ideal person to stably lead the foundation in its early stages and actively promote the foundation's various urban greening projects, including the "100 Million Trees Planting Project for Green Gyeonggi" and rooftop and wall greening initiatives.

In his inauguration speech, CEO Choi stated, "Green mountains and green forests are the source of life and the foundation of healthy living," and pledged, "I will do my best to cultivate a Green Gyeonggi and a green province."