As a business consultant at Nomura Research Institute (NRI) for 17 years, Kim has been involved in various projects including mid-term planning, new business development, international business strategy, business portfolio restructuring, M&A and corporate rehabilitation.

For five years from 2015, he worked in Gurgaon, India and served as President/Managing Partner of NRI India to manage a cross-cultural organization. During his four-year tenure at NRI India, Kim transformed the organizational structure, and oversaw the number of staff increase from 29 to more than 150 together with the quadrupling of sales. Although he enjoyed meeting with many different colleagues and seeing their growth, he became deeply aware of his immaturity as a manager. He experienced the negative effects of implementing Japanese business practice and unique rules, especially in HRM (Human Resources Management) processes such as hiring, promoting, firing, and managing Indian professionals. This experience taught him the impact and importance that culture has.