Tomas Yoon (Mr.)
Asia Compliance Leader |
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Seoul
Tel. +82-2-3270-3979
E-mail |
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Expertise |
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Compliance Audits
and supplier audits |
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Environmental Due
Diligence and Soil &
Groundwater
Investigation |
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EHS Regulatory
Service |
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EHS Management
Systems |
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Training |
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Duk-Chan
(Tomas) Yoon is Leader of EHS+S
(Environmental, Health and Safety
plus Security) Regulatory Compliance
Team in NEOECOS (previously, LG
Environmental Strategy Institute),
Asian Environmental Compliance
Leader in Korea Environmental
Council in Europe (KECE) based in
Brussels and an Industrial and
Environmental policy and regulatory
advisor with the Korean government.
He is a legal advisor for a national
security service department in
regard of international export
control regime and strategic items.
He has extensive experience in
analyzing environmental, health,
safety and national security
legislation, and the regulatory
aspects of strategic environmental
management systems for large
companies with operations in Korea,
US and the European Union.
As an Asian environmental compliance
of the KECE, Duk-Chan Yoon report
information on regulation-making,
review the minutes of proceeding and
documents and deliver the position
of Korean industry to Europe, to
advocates interests of Korean
companies in the course of European
policy- and law-making process.
Prior to joining NEOECOS and KECE,
Mr. Yoon worked for the Ministry of
Commerce, Industry and Energy of
Korea (currently, Ministry of
Knowledge Economy), Korea
Environmental Industry and
Technology Institute(KEITI) and
Korea Environmental Institute(KEI)
where he researched climate change
policies and energy programs and the
interactions of international
environmental agreements and trade
rules led by the World Trade
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| Relevant Experience |
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Provided legal
clarifications on the
interpretation of
environmental provisions
including RoHS/WEEE, REACH,
EuP and Emission Trading
System(ETS) to Korean
companies and governmental
departments |
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Hosts the EU REACH Helpdesk
for Korean companies in
cooperation with the REACH
Helpcenter of Korea |
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Negotiated and researched
local environmental and
labor regulation, investment
condition and practice,
government subsidy and
proposed site including CO2
emission allocation for
Europe plants investment of
Korean company |
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Provided legal analysis and
data on foreign
environmental regulation and
policy including US, EU, JP
and CN to a Korea trade
promotion agency |
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Organized the 2007
Asia-Europe Chief of
Sustainability Officer(CSO)
Summit Conference –
Environmental Regulation in
Europe and Corporate
Sustainability Strategy |
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| Professional Membership |
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Director of Korea
Association of Security and
Trade (KAST) |
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Member in Committee on
strategy for environmental
friendly industry structure
of the Ministry of Knowledge
Economy(MKE) |
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Advisor on climate change
and renewable energy
industry in Institute for
International Trade under
Korea International Trade
Association(KITA) |
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Advisor in Working group on
green management system
certification under Korean
Agency for Technology and
Standards(KATS) |
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| Education |
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Ph.D Researcher, Department
of Public International Law,
Kyung-Hee University (Seoul,
Korea) (2007 - Present) |
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Master of International
Environmental & Trade Law,
conferred by the Kyung-Hee
University (Seoul, Korea)
(1996-1998) |
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Bachelor of Law, conferred
by the Kyung-Hee University
(Seoul, Korea) (1992-1995) |
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| Languages |
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English, Korean, Japanese
(Basic), Chinese (Basic) |
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