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 An automotive executive with more than three decades of experience , Myung - hun ( Mark ) Juhn is at the very forefront of the Korean automotive industry . A dynamic leader with a reputation for setting and achieving ambitious targets , he has an exceptional number of accomplishments to his credit that firmly place him among the most successful and influential Korean automotive executives . 
 During his career , Juhn has been a driving force behind the global development of Korea ' s two largest car manufacturers that , between them , manufacture more than three millions automobiles every year . 
 Juhn also served Kia Motors Corporation as its Chief Operating Officer and Head of the International Business Division . He retired from the company in January 2003 after it had just completed its fourth successive record year , selling over one million cars in the previous year . Since that time , he had served as Chairman of Edelman Korea , Korea ' s leading international public relations consultancy . 
 At Kia he oversaw the launch of five new models , including the extraodinarily popular SUV Sorento . He initiated the establishment of Kia Motors Europe as a separate financial entity and drove Kia to a 21 % improvement in the 2002 JD Power & Associate ' s international public quality survey -- making Kia the most improved brand that year . 
 Juhn ' s success at Kia was especially evidenced in Europe . There , his strategy included the takeover by Kia of five European distributors with the goal of using those distributors to push through sales and marketing initiatives to lead the market as a whole . He also brought about the hiring of more local staff recruited from prominent competitors to provide greater insight into the complexities of the European market . 
 His strategy paid - off for Kia almost immediately , with sales in the first quarter of 2003 up more tham 50 % over the same period in 2002 , the fastest growth of any manufacturer in Europe during that period . March 2003 alone saw sales increase by 60 %, the highest single monthly growth figure in Kia ' s history . 
 Prior to being named COO in 2001 , Juhn ran Kia ' s Marketing Administration Division in Seoul . Before that he was President of Kia ' s Middle East Regional HQ in Dubai , UAE . 
 Before being transferred to Kia in 2000 , Juhn was Executive Vice President of Hyundai ' s International Marketing Group at the company ' s Seoul headquaters . In 1997 , he was appointed President and CEO of Hyundai Motor America . He was also headed Hyundai Auto Canada and Hyundai Motor Financing Company at the same time . 
 Juhn was instrumental in turning Hyundai from a struggling brand into one of the fastest - growing automotive companies in the North American market . He oversaw a sales and marketing initiative in Canada that increased sales by 188 . 4 %. He also directed a program that firmly improved dealer perceptions for Hyundai Motors from 14 th to 4 th most valuable automotive franchise in the U . S . as an evidence on quality rankings , including a one - year increase of 31 %-- the largest increase in the history of the survey . 
 Between 1992 and 1996 , he was Managing Director of Hyundai ' export division , increasing annual sales from 284 , 115 vehicles to 569 , 164 and US $ 1 . 85 billion to US $ 4 . 44 billion in Europe , Asia and South America . 
 In 1989 , Juhn was named Executive Vice President of Hyundai Motor America . During this first posting to North America , he improved parts operation to the highest fill rate in the industry , successfully launched Elantra , the company ' s first mid - sized vehicle in the North American market , and strategically positioned Hyundai Motor America to maintain its market share during a period of declining general automotive sales . 
 Before that Juhn was General Manager of Hyundai ' s Parts Division , where he establisehd a distribution system that resulted in a fill rate of 90 %, the highest in Korea . 
 Juhn began his career in the Overseas Procurement division of Shinjin Motor Company and then Gerneral Motors Korea , where he worked for eight years after completing a degree B . Sc in industrial engineering at Hanyang University in Seoul . 
 During his career , he visited over one hundred different countries and developed a network of contacts throughout the world . 
 Juhn is married with two children . He speaks Korean , fluent English and Spanish and is conversational in Dutch . At 64 years of age , he continues to work out every day .