허원순은 한국경제신문 수석논설위원으로 34년째 언론에서 일하고 있다. 한경 지식사회부장과 국제부장을 지냈으며, 공공기관운영위원 중앙투자심사위원 지방공기업정책위원 지방교부세위원 기획재정부와 행정안전부 정책자문위원 등 정부 업무도 해왔다. 그밖에 국가보훈처 서울시 금융감독원 한국예탁결제원 여신금융협회 등의 자문위원을 했거나 하고 있다. 한국기자협회 '이달의 기자상'을 2회 수상했으며, 「토론의힘 생각의격」 등 5권의 저서가 있다. 서울대 인문대, 연세대 행정대학원을 졸업했고, 미국 조지타운대 객원연구원을 지냈다.

Huh, Won Soon is an head editorial writer for The Korea Economic Daily. He took the bachelor's degree in Seoul National Univ., the master's in Yonsei Graduate School, and completed a visiting scholar at CMRC(Capital Market Research Center) at Georgetown Univ. He worked for the Committee of Management of Public Institutions(Presidential Commission, MoEF), Central Investment Deliberation Committee(MOIS, Ministry of the Interior and Safety), etc. He was a former member of the Policy Advisory Committee of MOIS and MOEF(Ministry of Economy and Finance), and also worked as member of a Policy Performance Evaluation Committee of the two ministries for years. He has won two times "Journalist of the Month Awards" by the Korean Journalists Association(KJA), and also received a presidential citation. He has written 「The Power of Debate Class of Thoughts」 「Low-tech in the era of High-tech」 「Living as president of a nation」, and co-author of several books. He has worked for 12 years of an editorial writer at The Korea Economic Daily and was a former chief editor for the City desk and International department. Earlier in his reporter years, he mainly covered the government ministries. During the period covered the Blue House, he has visited over 50 countries and accompanied the Korean President with the overseas reports 17 times.