Global autonomous driving startup Autonomous A2Z announced on the 21st that its Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Min-sang Yu was selected as the '2025 KF Global Fellow' hosted by the Korea Foundation (KF) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The KF Global Fellow Program is an exchange program that provides opportunities for young leaders aged 25 to 40 to interact with global experts based on a global network. Last year, the first group of fellows visited major academic and research institutions in the U.S. and Europe to discuss global agendas, and this year, the second group selected 10 next-generation global leaders active in science and engineering-centered fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), climate change, life sciences, quantum computing, information and communications technology (ICT), and semiconductors.
The recently selected CSO, Yu Min-sang, is a science and engineering expert who graduated from Sungkyunkwan University’s College of Engineering and completed his doctoral program at the top of his class at the Swiss Business School. He served as a senior researcher at Hyundai Motor Company’s R&D Planning and Coordination Office and an adjunct professor at Kyonggi University’s ICT Convergence Department. He is currently in charge of the Global Policy Strategy Office at Autonomous A2Z, and is leading policy proposals and strategy establishment related to autonomous driving and AI industries within a cooperative system with government ministries such as the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
CSO Yu has also been active in the autonomous driving industry policy field. In 2022, he led the legislative proposal for the Level 4 autonomous vehicle performance certification system, and in 2023, he was selected as the 'New Korean Intellectual in the Transportation Field' by the Korea New Intellectuals Association. In 2024, he received the 'KAIDA Young Scientist Award' at the Korea Automobile Safety Society International Conference, and was commended by the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Director of the National Assembly Research Service for his contributions to the development of the autonomous driving industry.
As a second batch of KF Global Fellows this year, CSO Yu will visit major research institutes such as Khalifa University and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in the UAE, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Vietnam National Academy of Science and Technology. During this process, he will network with technology experts from each country and participate in roundtable discussions with next-generation technology-based global leaders.
CSO Yu said, “Through the KF Global Fellow activities, we expect to be able to expand opportunities for collaboration with global experts in the Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern markets where Autonomous A2Z is operating,” and “We will continue to make efforts to promote Korea’s autonomous driving technology to the world and contribute to securing global competitiveness.”
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