전 주 인도네시아 대사로서 현재 전략문화연구센터 고문을 맡고 있다. 1981년부터 2020년까지 외교부에 근무하면서 한반도 평화, 한미동맹, 유럽연합과 아세안과의 협력관계 등 다양한 업무를 수행하였다. 2012년부터 3년간 주벨기에 유럽연합 (EU)대사로 재직하였으며, 2018년-2020.7월간 주인도네시아 대사로 근무하였다. 외교부 본부 근무중에는 안보정책 과장, 북미 3과장, 혁신 인사기획관, 그리고 한반도 평화교섭본부 초대 평화체제 기획단장을 역임하였다. 2008년부터 4년 3개월간 대통령 비서실 의전비서관을 지내며, 각종 정상회의와 해외 순방 및 대통령 일정을 담당했다. 2015년부터 2년간 서울시 국제관계 자문대사로도 재직한 바 있다. 서울대학교 영문학과를 졸업하고 미국 Johns Hopkins 대학 국제관계대학원에서 석사 학위를 취득했다. 1960년 서울생이다.

Ambassador KIM Chang-beom is a well-experienced diplomat. He is currently working as co-founder and advisor at the newly established Center for Strategic and Cultural Studies (CSCS), Korea. He has completed his diplomatic career of 39 years in September, 2020. He has served as Korean Ambassador to Indonesia from January, 2018 through July 2020. He also worked in Brussels as Korean Ambassador to European Union and Belgium from 2012 through 2015. Amb. KIM has special ties and experiences with European Union, ASEAN and Indonesia, in particular. During his career, he made significant contributions to the promotion of Korea’s partnership with EU and ASEAN through summit meeting preparations and substantial progresses in trade, investment, and people–to–people exchanges. He has worked together with the Indonesian Government in reaching a final conclusion of Indonesia – Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK CEPA) in November 2019. As a career foreign service officer, he has served five overseas posts and worked at various positions within the Korean Government ever since he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December 1981. He earned a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, USA (1986) and is a distinguished graduate of Seoul National University (B.A., 1982). Born in 1960, in Seoul, Korea, he has a wife and two sons.