“Johnny” John David Kim is Strategic Engagement Director and Head of North East Asia at the GSMA. 

In this role, he is responsible for engaging with GSMA mobile operator members, ecosystem partners 

and government/policy-makers in the Asia Pacific Region. His activities involve working closely with 

these organisations to introduce, implement and execute GSMA initiatives/programmes to foster 

innovative business/commercial strategies, new technology adoption/commercialization and general 

policy and regulatory developments across a range of topics such as IoT, 4G evolution to 5G, VoLTE 

Interconnection, VoLTE Roaming, RCS, and New Regulatory Framework etc.

 

With over 20 years of research and consulting experience in the ICT and Telecoms industry in North 

East Asia, Johnny has executed and directed major research and consulting studies for MNOs, vendors 

and government/regulatory organisations. Prior to joining the GSMA, he worked as Regional Head

/Managing Director for a research and consulting company specializing in providing advice related to 

ICT technology commercialization, commercial strategy and policy & regulatory issues.

 

Johnny completed studies in Science and Business/Marketing at the University of Melbourne and 

Swinburne University of Technology, respectively and has also completed postgraduate studies in 

Economics and Applied Information Systems.

 

As of September 2017, Johnny also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Yonsei University 

Graduate School of Information in Seoul, Korea.