Sung-Jin Park

Dr. Sung-Jin Park became a member of the IPSASB in January 2025. He was nominated by the Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF). 

Dr. Park is an associate professor at the Department of Global Public Administration, Mirae Campus, Yonsei University. Before joining Yonsei University, he was an associate professor in accounting (with tenure) at Indiana University South Bend in the U.S. Along with his academic career, Dr. Park had also served as Executive Director at the Government Accounting and Finance Statistics Center (GAFSC) of the Korea Institute of Public Finance in Korea (KIPF) engaged with various tasks on government financial reporting and management such as the enactment and amendment of the accounting standards for government entities and the nonprofit sector, a compilation of comprehensive fiscal statistics, and global outreach through international organizations including IPSASB and OECD.

Dr. Park is a Certified Public Accountant in the U.S. (inactive) and a member of the Korean Accounting Association, Korean Association of Public Administration, and the President-elect of Korean Association of Government Accounting for 2026.

He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Public Administration from Yonsei University, MS degrees from Indiana University in Accounting and Taxation, and Ph.D. degree from University of Texas at San Antonio.

His Technical Advisor is Jungk-Hyuck Yim.