Before joining ADB as a secondee from Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), Woncheol Park worked with K-water for 30 years as a civil engineer, focusing on water resources management and hydropower dam construction monitoring. He also managed several projects in Cambodia, Philippines, Nepal, Indonesia, and Georgia. He has a PhD in Water Resources Management (Sedimentation) from Kongju National University and holds an MSc in Sanitary Engineering from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands.