Yong-Suk Shin possesses one of the most impressive resumés in Asian sport, with more than 35 years of experience of the international sports marketplace, and with a broad range of expertise which includes conducting and overseeing major event bidding exercises. organising complex and high-profile multi-sports events, and, as one of Korea’s most prominent sporting figures, the delicate and sensitive business of sports diplomacy. Mr Shin’s primary career was in the field of journalism, working with Korea’s most influential and leading newspaper, Chosun Daily Newspaper, for 25 years. His journalistic experience includes 12 years of working as a correspondent in Paris, where he served as Head of Delegation for many Korean Federations and Korean Olympic Committee officials who visited Europe for meetings and major international sports events. His initial experience with sport goes back to 1974, when Korea bid for, and won, the right to host the World Shooting Championships.
Ever since then, Mr Shin has been closely involved in many ground-breaking international sport games, including the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, the1988 Seoul Olympic Games (contributing to Seoul’s successful bid in 1981), the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, the 2007 Asian Athletic Championships in Incheon, and, as Committee Chairman, the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Bidding Campaign from 2005 to 2007.

Mr Shin is widely recognised within Korea, and by the leadership of the Asian sports community, as being the key person who made it possible for Incheon to become the host city for the 17th Asian Games in 2014. He is now serving as External Affairs Chairman for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee.

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2014 Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee
http://eng.incheon2014ag.org

The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee (the “IAGOC”) was established as a legal entity on 8 November 2007, just 6 months after Incheon Metropolitan City won the right to stage the 17th Asian Games in 2014. The IAGOC was approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea and registered as a corporation at the Incheon District Court.

The IAGOC aims to deepen the friendship between, and to stimulate understanding among, the OCA member countries, and to contribute to the development of Asian sports and the furtherance of peace through the effective preparation of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, 2014. Its business objectives are to prepare and stage the Games, including securing the necessary funding, to draw up and implement the master plan for the Games, to prepare, manage and secure infrastructure for the Games (including all sporting and support facilities), and to co-operate with Central and Local Government and with relevant domestic and international organisations.

As of July 2009, the IAGOC has 60 staff with the aim to eventually grow to 500 staff nearer to the opening of the Games. Its Secretariat offices comprise 3 headquarters (planning & operation HQ, culture & events HQ and business HQ), 7 departments and 16 teams.