• Shipping
  • Fossil fuel & Heavy Industry

John Yum, head of shipping team, has diverse experience in legal and environmental campaigns. Before joining SFOC, he worked as a campaigner at Greenpeace, advocating for plastic reduction. Before transitioning his career to the environmental cause, he worked 14 years as a foreign attorney at law firms and companies, including Samsung Heavy Industries. After graduating from Yonsei University, he received his Juris Doctor degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is licensed to practice in the state of New York.

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