Mr. Leonard advises clients on a wide range of customs/trade issues including tariffs, free trade agreements, anti-dumping/countervailing duty, classification/valuation, duty drawback, intellectual property rights, forced labor and more. Kim & Chang is South Korea's largest law firm and has reach throughout Asia/Pacific and beyond.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, he served a 34-year career in US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and the US Customs Service, retiring as Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Trade at CBP's Washington, DC Headquarters. In that position he oversaw a diverse portfolio of trade enforcement, security, and facilitation to enable legitimate trade, contribute to American economic prosperity, and protect against risks to public health and safety. His work ranged from enforcing over 500 U.S. trade laws, to overseeing 14 trade agreements, to directing CBP’s seven Priority Trade Issues in collaboration with 49 partner government agencies. From 2013 to 2017 he served as CBP Attaché, Singapore, covering eight countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand. From 2008 to 2011 he served as Area Port Director of San Francisco, responsible for all CBP operations in Northern California, Nevada, and Utah, including San Francisco International Airport and Oakland Seaport. Mr. Leonard is a career member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®).

Vice President for Corporate Affairs coordinating Government Affairs, Communications, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility for the Asia Pacific Region. Oversees UPS advocacy, political risk management, and stakeholder partnerships in China, North Asia and Southeast Asia. Member of Asia Pacific Region Management Team. Trade and government affairs practitioner with 20+ years experience.

Board of Directors, Green Freight Asia.
Board of Directors, Conference of Asia Pacific Express Carriers (CAPEC)

The UPS Corporate Affairs team recently won Public Affairs Asia’s Gold Standard Awards for Issues Management & Crisis Communications; ESG; Corporate Responsibility; and Thought Leadership.

Steven Okun, Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors and Senior Advisor to McLarty Associates, is a leader on corporate public affairs, ESG, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement. A 21-year resident of Singapore, he spent the first twelve years of his career in Washington, DC, including in the Administration of President Bill Clinton as Deputy General Counsel at the US Department of Transportation. As KKR’s first Director of Asia Public Affairs from 2011-2017, he was one of the first people in the region working on ESG in private capital. From 2003-2010, he created and led Public Affair for UPS Asia. An in-demand speaker in the corporate and the financial services sector, Steve also appears frequently across global media, provides the weekly International News Review for MONEY FM (Singapore) and contributes commentary to Nikkei Asia, The Straits Times, The Business Times, Eco-Business and Asia Times.