Sean You Seung Kim

American Express Korea Country Manager | The University of Chicago Booth MBA | Yonsei University

South Korea

About

Sean Kim is responsible for American Express' strategic direction and operational excellence in Korea. As a country manager, he spearheads Korea Team and shapes American Express business strategy with passion, resilience and creativity. He has built more than 25 years of global business experience both in top-tier multi-national companies as well as one of the largest Korean conglomerates. Sean is a strategic thinker equipped with hardcore executor DNA. Setting the agenda and achieving the shared goal with visionary team are his fact of business life. His specialties reside in Business Development, Consultative Value Sales, Strategic Partnership, FinTech/BigTech Partnership, Digital Trasnformation, Strategy Development, P&L Management, Team Building, Change Management, Go to Market Straretgy, Market Entry Strategy, Premium Product Developemnt, Premium Branding and Premium Marketing to High Net Worth customers. Recently his keen focus areas are Generative AI, LLM, Hyper-personalization, Agentic Commerce, Real-time Marketing, Customer Experience and Behavior Economics. Sean holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Art in Business Administration from Yonsei University.

Experience

  • Country Manager 사장 / 대표 at American Express
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Visa (18 yrs 4 mos)
    • Deputy CEO 부사장, Head of Business Development
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Visa University Faculty
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Teaching faculty in Business Development & Sales Methodology

    • Managing Director
      Oct 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • LG Uplus (4 yrs 9 mos)
    • Marketing Manager
      Jan 2003 - Sep 2004 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • International Business Development
      Jan 2000 - Dec 2002 · 3 yrs