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DY Kim

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CEO at Pivot Partners
📍 South Korea

DY Kim is a communications expert with over 25 years of experience, currently serving as CEO of Pivot Partners. His career began as a financial journalist at Dong-A Daily newspaper before he moved into strategic communications, holding leadership roles at Edelman Korea and Burson-Marsteller. He is a graduate of Yonsei University.

His unique career transition from a prominent financial journalist to a CEO in strategic communications, specializing in high-stakes corporate and public affairs, sets him apart. In 2002, he also passed the CPA exam administered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
South Korea
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Priorities

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Crisis Management
A core specialty throughout his career, managing high-level risk, public affairs, and crisis situations for major clients at his own firm and previous international PR agencies.
Financial Communications
His background as a journalist covering banking and asset management provides a deep, practical understanding of the financial industry's communication needs.
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Career

Work history

9-2019
CEO
Pivot Partners
10-2016 - 8-2019
Executive Director
Edelman Korea
2-2014 - 9-2016
Managing Director
Burson-Marsteller
6-2006 - 1-2014
Director
Burson Marsteller
11-1999 - 5-2006
staff reporter
Dong-A Daily newspaper
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Education
1989 - 1995
Bachelor
Yonsei University
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