• 2022 ~ 현재: 수석 고문, Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group at King’s College London
• 2020 ~ 현재: 아시아태평양전략센터 대표 및 창립자 (President & CEO, Founder at Center for Asia Pacific Strategy)
• 2017~ 2019. 9: 정치-군사협력 부국장, 사령관전략보좌단
Deputy Director of Political-Military Engagement, Commander’s Strategic Initiative Group 유엔사령부/한미연합사령부/주한미군사령부 UNITED NATIONS COMMAND / COMBINED FORCES COMMAND / UNITED STATES FORCES KOREA
• 2014~2016: 유엔사 군수과장, 군수참모부 다국적군수처 Chief of UNC Logistics Branch , Multinational Logistics Division, U/J4, 유엔사령부/한미연합사령부/주한미군사령부
• 2012~2014: 국제협력관, 군수참모부 다국적군수처 International Relations Officer, Multinational Logistics Division, U/J4, 유엔사령부/한미연합사령부/주한미군사령부
• 2011~2012: 청와대 외교안보수석실-대외전략기획관실 Staff, CHEONG WA DAE (BLUE HOUSE), OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• 2009 ~ 2011: WEST 프로그램 수석 담당, 외교통상부/교육과학기술부Chief Manager for Work, English Study and Travel Program (WEST Program) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS / MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – GLOBAL INTERNSHIP SUPPORT CENTER
• 2007-2008: 초빙 연구원 - 경기개발연구원 동북아시아&남북문제 연구센터 Visiting Researcher GYEONGGI RESEARCH INSTITUTE - NORTHEAST ASIA & INTER-KOREA AFFAIRS CENTER


Hee-Eun Kim is the Founder, President, and CEO of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS), a Washington DC-based international security think tank that provides policy recommendations about present and future threats to security and stability across the Asia Pacific region. Her mission is to bring awareness to leaders and the general public about real-world defense and security issues pertaining to Asia Pacific nations.

Mrs. Kim received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and her Master’s degree in International Relations (Foreign Policy and National Security) from SungKyunKwan University in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

From 2007 – 2008 Mrs. Kim worked at the Gyeonggi Research Institute, a think tank affiliated with Korean Government research on the US-ROK Alliance and US Forces Korea. While at GRI she led the Kaesung Industrial Complex outreach program.

From 2009 – 2011 Mrs. Kim served as the chief manager for an exchange program between the United States and ROK at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education, where she led the pilot program to include North Korean defectors students in the exchange program.

From 2011 – 2012, she served on the staff of the Senior Secretary of Foreign Policy and National Security within Cheonghwadae, the Office of the President. She was responsible for writing the monthly internal Think Tank Report and led the outreach program for the Senior Secretary of National Security.

At the end of the Presidential administrative term in 2012, Mrs. Kim joined the staff of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea located in Seoul. She initially started her position as International Relations Officer at the Multi-national Logistics Division and moved her position as the Chief of United Nations Command (UNC) Logistics Branch.

In 2016 Mrs. Kim was appointed as Deputy Director of Political-Military Engagement on the Commander’s Strategic Initiatives Group for the US four-star Commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea. She supported Commander and the leadership group as a Pol-Mil Advisor and plan and execute Key Leaders Engagements.

In 2020, she established the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy in Washington DC as a non-governmental and multinational think tank. Recently, she joined the Advisory Board for the Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group at King’s College London.