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María CASTILLO FERNÁNDEZ
Ambassador at Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of KoreaMaria Castillo Fernandez has been the EU Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union in the Republic of Korea since 2020.
She began her career as a Legal Advisor and Administrator for research programs at the European Commission in Brussels in 1990. With the experience of the Desk Officer in relations with Russia at the European Commission, she moved to the Desk Officer position for the Korean Peninsula (ROK/DPRK). In 2005, she was Deputy Head of Mission at the EU Delegation in the Republic of Korea. Then, she was posted as EU Head of Delegation in Hong Kong and Macao SARs for about four years, followed by her role as Head of Division for India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh at the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels until 2016. Prior to her current role, she was the EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation in Malaysia from 2016 to 2020.
Isabel Puig Palerm
CEO and CSO of IKEA Korea LTDIsabel Puig Palerm is the CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer of IKEA Korea LTD since September 2023.
She had served as a senior lawyer and legal adviser in Spain and the United States. In 2014, she joined the Inca Group, which operates IKEA Retail in 31 countries worldwide, and worked as the Global Co-worker Relations Leader. From then on, she served as both Area Manager and Country People & Culture manager for three years in Belgium, gaining an extensive understanding of the home furnishing market experience. As a deputy representative of IKEA France since January last year, she has led the development of the organization's business processes, management, and cooperation.