Dr. Soo-hyun Lee is a researcher of sustainable finance at the Seoul National University Asia Centre, Future Earth Programme, and Assistant Professor of International Economic Law and Chair of the Faculty of Economics and Finance at the University of Suwon, and has more than ten years of professional experience in the United Nations. He is also an advisor to Information Symmetry (lawandpolicy.info), a law and policy analysis firm that specializes in sustainable finance.
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