Seung-yeon Stella Lee is Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Country Representative in Uzbekistan starting in January 2025. With experience of over 20 years in the public sector, her focus has been on green growth, climate finance, and public and private investment. At GGGI, she has been leading multiple green investment and TA projects in various sectors such as green cities, sustainable energy, e-mobility, circular economy, climate technology and entrepreneurship to help accelerate green transition of GGGI member countries.   

Ms. Lee successfully led the design of a ‘Collaborative R&DB Programme for Promoting the Innovation of Climate Technopreneruship’ a $221 million multi-country GCF program for five ASEAN countries together with Korea Development Bank, which was approved by the GCF Board in July 2024. She also facilitated the issuance a total of $1 billion in green and sustainable bonds under Aral Sea GRIP project in Uzbekistan. 

She has professional experience in policy, planning and evaluating large scale infrastructure investment and public-private partnership (PPP) projects as Deputy Director in the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Korea and as Senior Infrastructure/PPP Specialist at Korea Development Institute (KDI) Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC). She also worked in a G-Market, an e-commerce platform, as a chief planner in its early venture stage.  

She holds a B.A from Seoul National University (SNU), a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University, and is a Ph. D Candidate for Urban and Regional Planning at SNU.