Shomi Kim is the Interim Country Representative Polynesia. Shomi has 17 years of extensive experience in policy development and green investment mobilization for sustainable development, with a focus on sustainable energy, waste management, e-mobility, green entrepreneurship, and climate finance.

Prior to her assignment in Polynesia, she was based in Cambodia, Lao PDR and at GGGI Headquarters in Seoul, where she developed green city development planning, solid waste management, and wastewater and sanitation projects for GGGI’s member countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including Lao PDR, Rwanda, Peru, Senegal, Morocco, and Uganda. 

As a trained trainer, she authored green city development training modules and a manual published by GGGI. She has also published several scientific articles and GGGI’s flagship technical reports in the thematic areas of social entrepreneurship and waste management. She has been invited to renowned international conferences on sustainable urban development, such as the World Urban Forum, ISWA World Congress, and the Greater Mekong Subregion Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM3). 

She holds a master’s degree (with distinction) in Public Policy from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management.