Commissioner Hayearn Suh is an expert on data, a crucial resource in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She founded data related startups in Korea and India with remarkable success. As the Head of Data Product at Kakao, Suh operates Kakao’s big data platforms, explores the business value of data across industries and develops them into businesses.

Suh was a data mentor for startup sponsors, such as Google Korea, Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs D.CAMP, and MARU 180 launched by the Asan Nanum Foundation. In addition, from 2017 to 2018 she served as a scientific investigation advisor for the Korean National Police Agency, providing data analytics to help the agency develop statistical data on criminal investigations and solve cold cases. In 2020, Suh received a citation by the Minister of the Interior and Safety for providing advice on data from the national disaster management system.

Suh was born in Gwangju in 1977. She graduated from the KAIST School of Computer Science and received an MBA from the KAIST College of Business.