ECCK People

A leading driver and strong advocate for European Businesses in Korea

Board of Directors

Chairperson

Dirk Lukat
CEO, Schenker Korea

Dirk is a German citizen and has been Managing Director & CEO of Schenker Korea Ltd in Seoul since January 2015. He started his career at the former Schenker & Co. GmbH in Frankfurt and held a number of management positions at DB Schenker in Singapore, Vietnam, and India. Before coming to Korea, he served as General Manager of SchenkerSeino in Japan and was active in the Logistics & Transport Committee of the European Business Council. He has comprehensive experience in the logistics industry for over 20 years and an excellent understanding of APAC and international markets and trade. Dirk joined the ECCK as a member in January 2015, was elected as a board member in 2017, elected as Vice Chairperson in 2019 and Chairperson in July 2020.

Vice Chairperson

Jan Benggaard
Country President, Oerlikon Balzers Korea

Jan is a Danish citizen and is the Managing Director and Member of the Board of Oerlikon Balzers Korea Ltd since November 2016. In Busan, he had been the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Wärtsilä Marine Systems (previously L-3 Marine Systems) since 2002. Before moving to Busan in 1998, he worked as a project engineer and later as Sales Manager in charge of regional operations in the Americas and Europe. Jan’s honorary assignments include being a Board Member and Treasurer of Busan International Foreign School from 2005 to 2016 as well as a Vice Chairman of the ECCK since February 2015.

Vice Chairperson

Donghee Kim
Country Leader, Philips Korea

Donghee is a Korean citizen and is the Country Leader of Philips Korea. She has been driving the strategic growth and direction of all businesses within Philips Korea since 2018. She has a deep understanding of the healthcare industry and has accumulated extensive corporate and global leadership experience while managing multiple market segments in the Asia Pacific region (Edwards Lifesciences 2011-2018, Boston Scientific 2004-2011). Prior to joining the healthcare industry, she worked as a management consultant (Deloitte 2000-2002, Arthur Anderson 1997-1999).

Vice Chairperson

Thomas Klein
President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea

Thomas Klein is a German citizen and has been appointed as President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea from January 1, 2021. Since beginning his career with Daimler AG in 1999, Thomas built his career as a member of Daimler AG’s Management Trainee program, various functions in the German organization on both wholesale and retail level, Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars at Sandown Motors Holding Pty, South Africa, and the President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East in Dubai. He has successfully led the sales and services performance in the region based on his diverse experience in sales and marketing. He has significantly contributed to the overall success of the brand and built excellent relationships with partners as well.

Director

Fredrik C Johansson
Country Retail Manager, IKEA Korea

Fredrik is a Swedish citizen and has been Country Retail Manager of IKEA Korea since July 2019. He first joined IKEA in Ä lmhult, Sweden in 1987. After earning his Master’s degree, he gained extensive exposure in the global home furnishing industry in various positions within IKEA in several countries spanning from Asia to Europe including Managing Director of IKEA Components. He moved to IKEA Retail in 2010, where he extended his experience as Deputy Store Manager and Store Manager for XuHui and Daxing stores in China. He was also the Deputy Country Manager for IKEA France for almost 3 years before joining IKEA Korea in 2017 as Deputy Country Manager.

Director

Donghwan Kim
General Manager, Finnair Oyj.

Dong Hwan is a Korean citizen and has been working for Finnair as a Sales Manager since 2008. Until 2011, he mainly took care of Regulatory matters as well as Corporate & Trade Sales. In 2011, he has worked in Finnair HQ as a Corporate Sales Manager in Global Corporate Sales team having a role of Corporate Sales in whole Europe to Korea. Then, he was appointed as a General Manager from 2012 taking responsibility of whole Finnair business in Korea.

Director

Melanie Lorsery,
General Manager, Servier Korea

Melanie Lorsery is a French citizen and is the General Manager of Servier Korea appointed since June 2021. She has been in the pharmaceutical industry for about 20 years. Before joining Servier, she has worked with global pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca and Novartis and has led their sales, marketing, and medicine teams.

Treasurer

Elizabeth Kyunghee Nam
Finance Director, Diageo Korea

Elizabeth is a Korean citizen and is Finance Director at Diageo Korea. She has 18 years of progressive experience in Finance and General management within the business units in the developed & emerging markets, global organization and start-up business. Before joining Diageo, Elizabeth worked with LG Telecom, Shepard, Schwartz & Harris and Philippine Airlines

Trustee

Johan Vandromme
Senior Advisor, Kim & Chang

Johan is a Belgian citizen and has been a senior advisor with Kim & Chang since October 2020, as well as from 2007 to 2009. He started his career in Brussels in 2001 as a case-handler at the European Commission’s Competition Directorate-General, before moving to Korea in 2007. He left private practice in 2009 to return to the service of the European Commission at the Delegation in Beijing, covering trade and competition matters, later coming back to Korea in 2013 to the Seoul Delegation. Prior to returning to Kim & Chang as a senior advisor in 2020, he was serving at the Beijing Delegation since 2018, covering matters of competition and justice policies for the Commission.