Oak Yeon Kim

Biography

 Oak Yeon Kim is Area Managing Director, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.  She is a noted global leader with a long history of distinguished service in Janssen. She first joined Janssen Korea in 1992 after completing a year as a Research Associate with the Korean FDA. Oak Yeon quickly established herself as a commercial marketing leader with strong strategy development and collaboration skills.  She spent three years in the global marketing group in Beerse, Belgium after which she returned to Korea in 1999 to lead the marketing department in Janssen Korea. In 2004, Oak Yeon was appointed as head of Asia Pacific Regional Marketing where she led the regional growth strategies across various therapeutic areas and played a key role in developing regional capabilities.  After three successful years in the region, she was promoted to General Manager of Janssen Malaysia, where she led the business portfolio transition from legacy to innovative medicines. She then moved to Xian Janssen China in 2010 to lead the General Medicines Business Unit where she demonstrated outstanding team-building and development skills which inspired higher team performance and business growth. Oak Yeon returned to Korea in the summer of 2012 to serve as Area Managing Director, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. “I hope to bring the benefit of my global experience back home to Janssen Korean and contribute to the growth of our company in this dramatically changing business environment.”

Research Interest

 marketing