About Korea Green Growth Trust Fund

Richard Damania is the Chief Economist of the Sustainable Development Practice Group, effective March 1, 2020. He specializes in environment, water and the economy and has helped the World Bank become an acknowledged thought-leader on matters relating to sustainable development and policy advisory.

Hyoung Gun Wang is the Program Manager and Task Team Leader in managing lending operations and co-financing. He monitors and evaluates grant activities, promotes green growth experience and lessons learned in 7 key sectors, and supports partnerships between the Republic of Korea and the World Bank.  

Dr. Jaehyoung Park joined KGGTF in February 2025. Prior to his appointment, he served as Senior Director of the various national budget divisions at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) of the Republic of Korea, where he developed national fiscal policies and managed key budget allocations. In the Budget Office, he oversaw budgets for welfare, infrastructure, and green growth initiatives.  His interests are in social investment policies that include active labour market policies (ALMPs) and work-family policies (WFPs).

Inhye Bak is an Operations Analyst based in Korea. With expertise in climate technology and green growth, she coordinates and facilitates Korea-based joint activities and partnerships and supports KGGTF operational needs.

Jeongjin Oh manages the Trust Fund portfolio and supports the team in monitoring grant activities, promoting technology-driven green growth, and strengthening partnerships. Her particular interest is introducing innovative green growth strategies across sectors by leveraging technologies, piloting and scaling proven approaches, and transferring knowledge.

Anh Bui is an Operations Consultant. She supports KGGTF with portfolio management and trust fund administration, partnership engagement as well as monitoring and evaluation activities.

Faye Gardiner is a Strategy Consultant. Uniquely adept at developing and implementing strategies for reaching and engaging customers and stakeholder groups, she focuses on strategic initiatives including monitoring and evaluation of the trust fund’s performance and impact.

Kitty Halpern is a Strategic Initiatives Consultant who excels at driving transformative change through the effective communication of best practices and key insights. She helps client countries, World Bank teams, and sovereign wealth funds discover and implement strategies to reach their sustainable development goals.

Yoon Ju Heo is a Senior Operations Consultant based in Korea. She assists in managing the Trust Fund’s Korea operations. She is responsible for managing technical engagements with Korean counterparts and overseeing physical and virtual knowledge exchanges with Korea.

Kyoungshin Kim is a senior legal consultant based in Washington, DC. She develops and supports strategies to expand KGGTF’s private partnerships and facilitates private sector engagement in fund activities. Additionally, she works to enhance the legitimacy of the trust fund to ensure its sustainable growth and collaborates with private stakeholders to develop innovative program model."

Chae-Ryun Lee is a Korea-based consultant. She assists KGGTF's operations in Korea, including KGID, Knowledge Exchange programs, and the Youth Internship Program. She has experience in urban regeneration and governance in PPP. 

Takayo Muroga Fredericks is a senior graphic designer responsible for leading the visual system of KGGTF from the initial concept through to the final delivery. She designs artwork and layouts for official KGGTF collaterals, infographics, and events, with a focus on multi-channel delivery formats.

Jiyon Shin, an Operations Consultant, specializes in sustainable and inclusive urban planning. She has lectured on this subject at several universities and previously served as a Senior Researcher at the Seoul Metropolitan Government Urban Planning Bureau. Currently, she oversees the Youth Internship Program at KGGTF and facilitates technical engagements with Korean counterparts and in-bound knowledge exchanges to Korea.

Jie-Ae Sohn is a Senior Communications and Media Consultant based in Korea. She helps the world and others at the World Bank better understand what the Fund does through its activities around the globe.

Katarlah Taylor is a Strategic Communications Consultant. She designs and implements effective communication strategies to promote KGGTF grants, executes knowledge events, and develops communications and knowledge products.

Joonyeol Yoon is an Operations Consultant specializing in climate finance and private sector engagement. He supports KGGTF activities and promotes strategic partnerships with key Korean stakeholders. His efforts foster collaboration and advance the objectives of the KGGTF, ensuring impactful and sustainable outcomes.