Seoul Forum Japan Korea Week 2023

Christian has over 17 years of experience within financial advisory, infrastructure, funds management, investment banking and structured finance. Throughout his career he mainly focused on advisory and investment mandates of institutional funds. As part of this Christian executed a range of large-scale cross border transactions in different asset classes such as debt, property, infrastructure, derivatives, and private equity in excess of $10bn. Christian previously held roles at KPMG, SMBC, Mariner Financial, Armada Funds, CLV and Deutsche Bank.

David Bruce is a senior vice president of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and, as a member of the D. E. Shaw group’s Investor Relations department, serves as Head of Private Markets Strategic Development. Prior to joining the D. E. Shaw group in 2014, Mr. Bruce was a managing director at Investcorp
International Inc., an alternative investment management firm, where he served as global head of institutional sales. From 1997 through 2009, he worked at Barclays Global Investors (acquired by Blackrock, Inc. in 2009). At BGI, Bruce was last responsible for leading business development and strategic account activities for the firm’s institutional businesses in the Americas. He began his career as a credit analyst at Barnett Banks, Inc. (subsequently acquired by Bank of America, N.A.). Mr. Bruce is a cum laude graduate of Sewanee–The University of the South, where he received a BA in economics with departmental honors. He earned his MBA in finance from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

CY is the APAC regional leader of Special Situations Advisory & Capital Solutions at Deloitte. He is based in Singapore and works with Deloitte teams covering Greater China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, South- and Southeast Asia and Australia. CY’s practice focuses on engaging in complex turnaround and debt restructurings (acting for both creditors and borrowers) and debt advisory and arrangements (leveraging Deloitte’s vast resources globally to originate credit and capital-raising opportunities, typically acting on the company/borrower side, and connecting their needs with debt and hybrid capital from funds and other financiers. His practice works with banks, private equity funds, debt funds, special situations funds, sovereign wealth and pension funds, corporates, family offices, among others. Prior to joining Deloitte in his home country of Singapore, CY worked in London and Hong Kong (covering the EMEA and APAC markets) at major law firms, a large special situations fund, and international banks. He has particular experience in real estate & project finance, and the disposals/investments of non-performing loan portfolios. CY is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales, and possesses a variety of finance and real estate qualifications.

Mr. Cho is the Head of Private Debt Investment Division in Samsung Asset Management Company. He oversees projects related to direct lending private debt fund investments; leveraged financing; and real asset-based financing, including aviation and vessel financing.
Prior to joining SAM in 2022, Mr. Cho was the head of Samsung Life Insurance’s corporate finance team, where he focused on alternative investment and structured credit products.
As a VP of Samsung Group’s Global Strategy Office, Mr. Cho also managed global strategic alliances and partnerships as part of Samsung Group’s infrastructure strategy.
Mr. Cho received a B.A. from Seoul National University in Business Administration.

Yunsam Cho is a General Manager of the overseas alternative investment team at Kyobo life insurance. He leads the insurance company’s overseas private debt and private equity investments. He focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and executing overseas private debt and equity investments. He dedicated over 15 years in understanding the complexity of alternative investments and the landscape of global alternative investment industry. He previously headed Kyobo Life’s representative office in London. He established the London office and developed its pan-European alternative investment platform where he sourced a wide range of knowledge, experience, and the global industry network. He earned a master’s degree in Finance and a bachelor’s degree in Economics (magna cum laude) from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Korea.

Bohyung Choi is a Manager of Real Estate Finance Team at Shinhan Life Insurance. Currently her role is to manage the company's real estate investment portfolio mainly focusing on overseas real estate debt and equity funds. Prior to joining Shinhan Life, she worked at ING Life Korea, Korea Investment Management, ARA Korea, Macquarie Korea, where she took various roles involving planning, execution and mangement of alternative investment. She started her career in 2001 at Korea Develoment Bank where she engaged in the bank's corporate finance and foreign currency fund raising. She received MS in Real Estate from New York University and BA in Business Administration from Seoul National University. She is a CFA Charterholder.

Mikyung Chung is the head of Investment Assessment Part and General Manager at ShinhanLife. She has more than 14 years of experience in the investment and financial services industry. Prior to joininng ShinhanLife, she started her career at Korea Investment & Securities as an equity analyst in 2009. She was a fund manager for Korea Investment & Management’s alternative asset funds as well as a senior manager of the investment screening team at KDB (Korea Development Bank) Life Insurance covering both domestic and foreign alternative projects/funds. At Mirae Asset Global Investments, as an investment team leader, she manages the National Housing and Urban Fund (NHUF), a pool of alternative investment funds and SMAs mandated by the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT). She received her bachelor's degree at Yonsei University with a major in business administration. She is the Certified Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), the Certified Investment Manager, the Certified Real Estate Investment Manager, the Certified REITs Management Professional, the Certified Real Estate Development Professional, SOC Investment Manager, and the Certified Securities/Fund/Derivatives Investment Advisor.

신한라이프의 투자평가파트를 이끄는 정미경 파트장은 14년의 투자 및 금융권 경력을 보유하고 있습니다. 2009년 한국투자증권의 주식 애널리스트로 커리어를 시작했습니다. 한국투자신탁운용 대체투자 펀드매니저와 KDB생명 시니어 심사역으로 국내외 대체투자 프로젝트와 펀드 투자를 수행했습니다. 미래에셋자산운용의 투자팀 팀장을 역임하며 국토교통부로부터 일임받은 주택도시기금의 대체투자 전략과 운용을 담당했습니다. 연세대학교에서 경영학을 전공했으며, 공인대체투자분석사(CAIA), 투자자산운용사, 부동산투자자산운용사, 자산운용전문인력, 부동산개발전문인력, SOC투자자산운용사, 증권/펀드/파생상품투자자문인력의 자격을 보유하고 있습니다.

Ming Eng is a Managing Partner and a board member of Orion Capital Asia. She is responsible for the funds’ investment activities and serves as a member of the investment committee.

Orion Capital Asia, established in 2013, is a premier private debt investment manager focused on direct lending opportunities in the Asia Pacific region and across diverse industry sectors. The platform was awarded “Best of the Best Midcap Private Debt House” by South Korea’s pension funds and other major institutional investors in the “Best Asset Managers by Korean Investors 2020” awards by The Korea Economic Daily.

Ms. Eng has spent 20 years in the financial and capital markets with significant experience in the Asian private credit space, leading and investing in deals across South East Asia, Australia, Greater China, and India. Her responsibilities have included origination, structuring, underwriting, and portfolio management. Prior to Orion, she worked at Macquarie Bank in Singapore and Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.

Ms. Eng holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Jason Friedman is a Partner, Global Head of Business Development and Strategy and a member of the Firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. Jason is responsible for firm-wide business development strategy, fund structuring, and client communications for the Marathon Family of Funds.

From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Friedman worked for CCMP Capital and its predecessors JP Morgan Partners, Chase Capital Partners and Chemical Venture Partners, where he was a Principal. Mr. Friedman has been engaged in all aspects of the investment process including sourcing transactions, performing complex investment analyses and diligence, developing growth and restructuring strategies in conjunction with management teams and monitoring Company performance at the Board of Director level. Prior to joining CCMP in 1996, Mr. Friedman began his career working as an investment banking analyst with Chemical Bank's Acquisition Finance and Global Loan Syndication groups.

Mr. Friedman holds a BA in Public Policy and Economics, cum laude, from Duke University and has an MBA with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) from the Harvard Business School.

Mark Glengarry is a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Credit, based in Sydney. Mr. Glengarry is the Head of APAC for Blackstone Credit, and handles the origination, execution and management of credit investments across the capital structure in the region.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Glengarry worked at Anchorage Capital Group for seven years as a Managing Director in both London and Sydney where he worked across all aspects of origination, execution and portfolio company management. Prior to Anchorage, Mr. Glengarry worked at Morgan Stanley in London as Head of Restructuring and Debt Advisory for EMEA. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Glengarry was a partner in the Banking and Finance Group at White & Case LLP in London.

Mr. Glengarry received a B.Com (Economics and Business Administration) and an LLB (First Class Honours) from the University of Canterbury.

Woong Han is responsible for Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance’s domestic and overseas private equity, private debt, and venture capital investments. Before Hyundai Insurance in 2018, he spent eight years as an alternative investment manager at ABL Life (formerly known as Allianz Life Korea), investing in real estate, infrastructure, and private equity assets. Before joining Allianz Life Korea in 2011, he spent two years at Meritz Asset Management. Prior to his finance career, he was a semiconductor engineer at Samsung Electronics. He earned an MBA from the KAIST Business School.

Woong Hwang is Head of Alternative Investment Solution Department at Kyobo Securities. Mr. Hwang is responsible for private fund placement and investment advisory services in Korea. His department is specialized in private credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure investment strategies.

Prior to joining Kyobo securities, Mr. Hwang worked with Hyundai Investments as a feeder fund manager for overseas private funds. Previously, he spent ten years as an investment manager of KB Insurance for investing in and managing different kinds of structured products and private funds in corporate finance and infrastructure. He started his career as a US treasury futures trader with M&N Trading in Chicago.

You-Ha Hyun leads the private debt program at Perpetual Investors GmbH, a German professional single family office. In this role, he is mainly responsible for managing the private debt portfolio and focuses on manager selection across the broad spectrum of the private debt universe. You-Ha has more than 12 years of experience in the alternative investment segment having done primary, secondary and co-investments at large institutional organizations such as an insurance company, a public organization and a fund-of-fund. You-Ha began his career in the M&A advisory business at KPMG and is an economist by training.

Seung-ki Jeong is Kiwoom Asset management’s alternative investment manager. He is responsible for investing in real estate, infrastructure, private debt, private equity, and other alternative assets. Prior to Kiwoom, he worked at DGB Life insurance as an alternative investment manager. Before DGB Life, he was MG Non-Life Insurance company’s alternative investment manager. He started his finance career at DB Financial Investment as an alternative investment analyst. He earned a Bachelor's degree at Hanyang University.

Jun-Hyung Jon is a Head of Overseas Business Division of KDB Infrastructure Investment Asset Management Company (KDB KIAMCO), responsible for international alternative investments focusing on Infrastructure and Private Debt sectors with global coverage from Nov 2019. KDB KIAMCO currently has AUM 14bn of which international assets amount c. USD4bn in energy (midstream & downstream), power (conventional & renewable), transportation, logistics, digital & social infrastructure sectors. KDB KIAMCO has a business relationship with more than 100 Korean institutional investors. He has more than 25 years of banking and capital market experience.

Before joining KDB KIAMCO, he worked for ABN AMRO Singapore (2008~2019) as an executive director of Transportation and Logistics. As a finance professional, he has advised and led numerous mandates involving cross-border tax structures, event driven transactions, sustainability linked financing, export credit, asset financing and special situation restructuring. Before joining ABN AMRO, he led the marketing division of Korea Marine Fund Corporation (2003-2008) and raised equity and debt funds from Korean capital market. He started his career in 1992 as a deck officer for Hanjin Shipping.

Jun-Hyung received MSc in Maritime Policy from Cardiff University, UK and BA in Nautical Science from Korea Ocean University. He passed the US CPA, CMA, CFM exams.

KDB인프라자산운용 해외사업본부장을 담당하며 대체투자 부분 중 인프라 및 사모대출 부분에서 글로벌 커버리지를 가지고 운용 업무 수행. 회사는 현재 약 14조 달러의 자산을 운용 중이며, 해외투자는 약 4조 달러 규모임. 해외사업본부는 에너지,발전,교통,물류, 디지털, 의료 인프라 등 다양한 분야에 투자중임.

전준형 본부장은 25년 이상의 은행 및 자본시장 경력 보유. KDB인프라자산운용에는 2019년 합류하였고, ABN AMRO 은행 싱가포르 아시아 본사에서 2008-2019 기간 동안 운송,물류사업 담당 전무(Executive Director)를 역임. 다양한 국제금융, 수출금융, 국세세무 및 재구조화 경험 보유. 한국선박금융에서 2003-2008 기간 동안 50개 이상의 선박펀드 설정.

영국카디프대학 해운정책학 석사 수료 (1999). 미국 공인회계사 및 CMA, CFM 시험 통과 (2000).

As Pension Fund of Japanese Corporations’ CIO, Yoshi Kiguchi focuses on innovative investment strategies and products within the fund’s investment horizon. He has more than 30 years of experience in investment and risk management.
Before that, Mr. Kiguchi was a managing director of Russell Investments in Japan where he supervised several teams, and delivered a wide range of consulting and solutions to institutional clients, including Toyota, Fujitsu, NEC, Sekisui, Toray, and Mazda. He joined Russell as a consultant in 1998.
Prior to Russell, Mr. Kiguchi was with Sumitomo Life for 10 years. He was placed in charge of corporate strategy, equity investments and researching capital markets, including private equity, and performing quantitative risk management and asset-liability management (ALM). He received a BSc degree in Precision Machinery (Robotics) from the University of Tokyo in 1988.

日本企業の年金基金のCIOとして、木口芳氏は基金の投資期間内の革新的な投資戦略と商品に焦点を当てています。彼は投資とリスク管理において 30 年以上の経験があります。
それ以前は、木口氏は日本のラッセル・インベストメンツのマネージング・ディレクターとして複数のチームを監督し、トヨタ、富士通、NEC、積水、東レ、マツダなどの機関顧客に幅広いコンサルティングとソリューションを提供してきました。彼は 1998 年にコンサルタントとしてラッセルに入社しました。
ラッセル氏以前は、木口氏は住友生命に10年間勤務していた。企業戦略、株式投資、プライベートエクイティを含む資本市場の調査、定量的リスク管理と資産負債管理（ALM）の実行を担当しました。 1988 年に東京大学で精密機械 (ロボット工学) の学士号を取得しました。

Jangmoon is a Director in the Business Development team at Park Square Capital in Seoul and is responsible for covering institutional client relationships in South Korea.
Prior to joining Park Square in 2020, Jangmoon was responsible for the placement agent business at IBK Securities, the brokerage arm of Industrial Bank of Korea, where she covered Korean LPs making allocations to global alternative investment managers. Previously Jangmoon spent more than 10 years covering non-Korean financial institutions within the Korean equity market. Jangmoon also worked at Hyundai Securities (now KB Securities) in Tokyo, Samsung Securities in Tokyo and Nomura Securities in Seoul. Jangmoon received a BA in Philosophy from Yonsei University and a MA from the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University.

Rok (Gyeong Rok) Kim is a senior manager for the Real Estate Investment Team at The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU). He is based in Seoul, South Korea and is responsible for KTCU’s real estate investments by overseeing its North American and European portfolios. With over 15 years spent in the alternative investment industry, he has an extensive investment experience across private equity, infrastructure and real estate. Prior to KTCU’s real estate investment team, he worked within the organization as a senior risk analysis manager for the private equity, private credit and infrastructure investments. He earned his MS degree in Finance from Indiana Kelly School of Business and an MBA from SungKyunkwan University in South Korea.

Younghwan is a head of Alternative Investment Underwriting Team at KB Life. He is responsible for underwriting and overseeing KB Life’s domestic and overseas real estate, infrastructure, private equity, private debt and other real asset investments. Before his current role, he worked for Prudential Financial Inc. as a portfolio manager in Newark for two years (2016~2018) and he also worked as a fixed income portfolio manager since his joining of Prudential Life Insurance Company of Korea (now named as KB Life) in 2008. He started his investment and asset management career in Heungkuk Asset Management in 2001. He has master’s degree in Asset Management from the Korea Development Institute (KDI) school. He is also a CFA charter holder.

Ms. En Jung Kwon is a lead PM of Global fund of PE/PD fund investments. She has a broad range of experiences in the financial market, including JP Morgan as an investment banker and with Mirae Asset Daewoo where she sourced hedge funds, private debt/equity funds. She has a master degree in Financial economics from Stanford University and PhD from Yonsei University.

Brett participates in the origination, evaluation and monitoring of private credit investments in North America, and leads Northleaf's Chicago office.
Prior to joining Northleaf, Brett was at Fifth Street Asset Management as a Senior Vice President and Team Leader, where he was responsible for screening, structuring, underwriting, documenting and managing middle market sponsor-backed transactions. Previously, Brett was a Vice President at GE Antares Capital within the Restructuring and Workout Group. Brett began his career in GE Capital’s Investment Analyst Program.
Brett received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Hakyung Lee is a placement agent for offshore funds at Shinhan Securities. She is supporting and advising on fundraising activities of PE and PD funds of various named GPs. Prior to joining Shinhan Securities, Hakyung worked at ABL Life (formally known as Allianz Life) for 10 years as an institutional investor, covering diverse assets. She also spent few years at KPMG Korea.

Song-ah LEE is the Head of the Alternative Investment Team II and a director at Kyobo AXA Investment Managers(“KAIM”), which is a joint venture between Kyobo Life and AXA Investment Managers.
She is responsible for the origination, execution, and management of domestic and overseas real asset investments.
As one of the setup members of Alternative Investment at KAIM, she has been invested in overseas real estate assets as well as domestic infrastructure assets . She is also in charge of inbound real estate investment on behalf global LPs.
Prior to joining Kyobo AXA Investment Managers, Song-ah had over a decade of the cross-border investment experience focused on the PPP and renewable energy sectors since 2003.
She was the Head of infrastructure investment team in Mirae Asset Global Investments and, prior to that, worked in the SOC investment division of KB Asset management.
Song-ah earned master’s degree in Foreign Direct Investment from KDI School of Public Policy and Management after graduated from Yonsei University.

Susan Lee is Partner and Head of Asia Hedge Fund & Private Credit Investment Due Diligence at Albourne Partners. Since joining Albourne in early 2014, Susan has conducted ongoing due diligence on Asia-focused funds across hedge fund and private credit strategies for investors. Prior to joining Albourne, Susan held various roles including Portfolio Management Analyst at Pacific Alternative Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds in Irvine, California, and Fixed Income Sales at Lehman Brothers covering Asian central banks and institutional clients. She currently serves as Chair of the Culture & Diversity Asia-Pacific Regional Working Group of Standards Board for Alternative Investments. Susan holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Canterbury (NZ). She is fluent in English and Korean and is based in Hong Kong.
Established in 1994, Albourne Partners is an independent advisory specializing in alternative investments including hedge funds, private credit, private equity, real estate and real asset. Albourne represents over 330 clients with over $700bn invested in alternatives. Albourne has over 600 employees in 11 countries.

Mr. Leger is responsible for managing all of MGG’s sales and marketing related efforts.

Prior to joining MGG, Mr. Leger was Head of Strategic Planning and Client Services at Akre Capital Management in Virginia where he helped grow the then 24 year old firm’s private partnership and mutual fund assets from $2 billion in 2013 to approximately $14 billion in 2019. Previously, he worked as Managing Director, Head of Marketing at Geosphere Capital, a $1.4 billion hedge fund based in New York City. Prior to that, he worked in a similar capacity at Steel Partners, a $5 billion global activist manager. Mr. Leger began his career in asset management at BRI Partners, a venture capital firm and joint venture with Mesirow Financial, that seeded hedge funds, helping grow their collective assets to in excess of $5 billion.

Mr. Leger received his doctorate in political philosophy and international relations from The University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his BA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Todd Leland is president of Goldman Sachs International. He is a member of the Firmwide Management Committee, European Management Committee, Firmwide Conduct Committee, Firmwide Reputational Risk Committee and Global Inclusion and Diversity Committee.

Todd joined Goldman Sachs in New York in 1992 in IBD's Financial Institutions Group (FIG). He relocated to Chicago in 1996 and became co-head of FIG Americas Banks and Specialty Finance from 2005 to 2007 and co-head of IBD's Midwest Region from 2006 to 2007. Todd relocated to London in 2007, where he served as co-head of FIG EMEA from 2007 to 2012 and global co-head of FIG from 2012 to 2017, and as a member of the IBD Executive and Operating committees. Todd relocated to Hong Kong in 2017 upon being named co-president of APEJ, and was subsequently named head of IBD APEJ later that year, roles he held until 2022. He also served as co-chair of the Asia Pacific Management Committee, Asia Pacific inclusion and Diversity Committee, Asia Pacific Sustainability Committee and as a member of the IBD Executive Committee. Todd was named managing director in 2000 and partner in 2006. Todd earned a dual degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA from Iowa State University.

Serge is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cabot Capital Partners (CCP), a Singapore Registered Fund Management Company advising on private market portfolio construction and offering access to co-investment opportunities. Prior to establishing CCP, Serge worked with sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, Asia and Canada.
In the Middle East, Serge was latterly the founding CEO of QADIC, a $2bn-sized global investment platform jointly funded by Qatar Investment Authority and Mubadala. He was the Chief Investment Officer for Mumtalakat (Bahrain) and had been appointed to senior roles at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) establishing the co-investment and direct investment business units respectively.
Before relocating to the Gulf region in 2004, Serge had been based in Asia since 1996 establishing the initial private equity operations of the Caisse de Dépot et Placement du Québec (CDPQ).
Serge’s early career encompassed working in Montreal for CDPQ as well as other leading Canadian financial institutions, focused on direct investment, mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate finance.

Alex Lynn is PEI Group's Hong Kong Bureau Chief. He is responsible for breaking news, commentary and analysis of the Asia-Pacific private markets, with a particular focus on private equity. Alex previously spent two years covering EMEA private equity markets from PEI’s London office before relocating in 2019. Prior to joining PEI, he covered specialist lending for a number of publications in London. He has a master’s degree in Journalism from Kingston University.

Antonella Napolitano is a Managing Director and Global Head of Investor Relations and Capital Formation at Deerpath Capital. Her primary responsibilities include firm strategy and development, product and structure innovation, investor relations and ongoing global fundraising efforts. She joined Deerpath in 2016 and has 19 years of industry experience. She previously worked as a Director and Private Equity Product Specialist for Credit Suisse's Private Banking Division, and prior was a Vice President within the firm's Asset Management Division, where she led Investor Relations for several of the firm's in-house private funds. She began her career at CSFB (Credit Suisse) as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division focused on mergers & acquisitions. Antonella is a graduate of Georgetown University with a dual major in Finance and International Business. Antonella is a regular participant on industry panels and contributor to various financial and other news outlets.

David Yoonsuk Oh joined NFFC (National Federation of Fisheries Corporatives) in 2018 and is responsible for alternative investment including Private Debt in NFFC. Prior to NFFC, he worked for MMAA (Military Mutual Aid Association) as Alternative Investment Manager. He has been investing in 40 investment deal (approximately 1.1bn USD) regarding PE, PD, Infra and CLOs since 2013. He published "Handbook of Alternative Investment" in 2015.

Sean O’Keefe is a Managing Director at Audax Private Debt. He is based in New York and has been with Audax for 11 years. Sean is a portfolio manager who helps lead the origination, underwriting, and fund management for the Senior Debt business. He also co-leads the Audax Private Debt leverage platform including all middle market CLOs.
Prior to joining Audax in 2012, Sean worked in the insurance group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. At Goldman Sachs, Sean provided investment solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of each insurance client including fixed income, private equity, and hedge funds products.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, Sean served six years in the United States Army attaining the rank of Captain.
Sean received a BS in Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

YS is head of Global PE & Innovation division at Hanwha Asset Management and is responsible for Private Equity, Private Debt and Venture investment and asset management. Hanwha invests in global PE/Private Debt and Venture funds and co-invests with deal sponsors as well. Current AUM of his division is USD 10 billion in terms of commitment. He developed the division’s practice successfully from 2016 when the AUM was just USD 700 million. Hanwha manages several blind funds including co-investment, direct venture investment, IP (Intellectual property) investment and also provides trust business with Korean institutional investors. Before joining to Hanwha, YS worked for Apax in London, a global buyout firm and worked at NPS (National Pension Service) as a team head of global private equity. Before NPS, he worked at Ernst & Young and KPMG providing M&A advisory service, and also worked at Hyundai securities and Samsung Electronics. He earned a master’s degree from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from Yonsei University.

Wan Sun Park has primary responsibility for institutional investor relationships and fundraising in South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. He is based in Hong Kong. Before joining TransPacific, Wan Sun served as Leader of the Alternative Investment Team at Fubon Hyundai Life Insurance, where he oversaw the firm’s private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and other alternative investments. Wan Sun also sat on the investment committees of several other leading Korean institutions during his tenure at Fubon Hyundai. He was previously an Associate Director at Aberdeen Standard Investments, where he developed relationships and raised capital from Korean institutions. Wan Sun was previously a Manager at Hyundai Marine and Fire Insurance on the Alternative Investment Team responsible for direct investment and fund selection. Wan Sun earned a BA in Business from Korea University.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Marc served as Senior Advisor to Next Wave Partners, a lower mid-market private equity firm, working with Next Wave to reposition its portfolio and pursue a hybrid credit strategy.
Prior to Next Wave, Marc was Head of European Private Credit for Apollo Global Management and led Apollo’s entry into European Direct Lending, investing over €3.0 billion across Europe in directly originated middle market investments
Prior to Apollo, Marc was Managing Director and founding team member of MidCap Financial, a currently $25 billion U.S. based Direct Lending business, owned by Apollo since 2015. Marc was instrumental in building MidCap’s originations and capital markets platforms
Prior to MidCap Financial, Marc was with Merrill Lynch Capital as a member of the healthcare team, building the business from scratch to more than €3.0 billion invested across various healthcare sectors and strategies.
Marc has worked at and held senior roles across several European financial institutions including BNP Paribas and Credit Lyonnais.

Randeesh co-founded Precede Capital in 2021 as a portfolio company of Towerbrook Capital Partners. In 2022 the Company received a commitment of £1bn of new capital from QuadReal, who also acquired an equity stake in Precede.
Prior to founding Precede, Randeesh was the Co-Founder and former CEO of Urban Exposure Plc (LON: UEX), building the company over nearly two decades into the UK’s leading residential development financer and extending over £1.7bn in development finance and £3bn in real estate finance overall. In 2018, Randeesh led the company to a successful flotation (public offering) on the London Stock Exchange AIM (alternative investment) market.
Over the years, Randeesh successfully executed strategic joint ventures, credit lines, and loan syndications with numerous institutional investors and asset managers, including Carlyle, Apollo, KKR, QuadReal, Nomura, UBS, Starwood Capital, LaSalle Investment Management, Revcap and Aviva Investors.
Randeesh majored in Mathematics & Statistics at University of Warwick, and completed a PGDip Mathematics at Birkbeck, University of London in 2021.

Andrew Shin joined Willis Towers Watson in 2012 and is Head of Investment Services, Korea, advising Korean institutions. Andrew commenced his investment career in Canada progressing through a number of roles including product development, research analyst and investment management. He returned to Korea in 2007 to take up a Global Portfolio Manager role at the Asset Management Division of Dongbu Insurance. Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson in 2012, he was also a Senior Manager at the Structured Finance Team within the Investment Banking Group at Hanwha Investment Securities. Andrew holds a BA in Economics from Simon Fraser University in Canada and also holds various professional designations including the CFA Charter, FRM, CAIA and CMA designations. Andrew is currently a member of Korea CFA Society, Vancouver CFA Society, Korea CAIA Society, and is a Chartered Professional Accountant/Certified Management Accountant (Canada).

Seung Su (Jonathan) Shin is leading the Global PE & Credit team at Hanwha Asset Management. He is responsible for investments in the global private equity and private credit assets, and works with leading institutional investors in Korea. Prior to Hanwha, Jonathan spent a decade at Riverside Asia Partners, as an investment professional. During his time Riverside Asia pursued buyout deals in developed economy of Asia, and Jonathan worked in the Seoul and the Singapore offices during his tenure. He started his career at Samil PwC and Samjong KPMG before joining Riverside Asia. Jonathan graduated Korea University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Zongwen Tan is Head of the Private Debt business unit in Asia, based in Singapore. He is responsible for originating and executing investments as well as monitoring of the Asia-Pacific Private Debt portfolio. He is also a member of the Direct Debt Asia Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2011 and has 13 years of industry experience, investing across senior debt, subordinated debt and quasi/equity transactions. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he served in the consulting and financial audit functions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Christine K. Vanden Beukel is head of European Credit Markets and leads Crescent Capital Group’s European investment activities, head of ESG Strategy and Policy Development, and a member of Crescent's Executive Committee. Ms. Vanden Beukel has 31 years of credit and principal investing experience. Ms. Vanden Beukel has worked in the European private debt market since 2000. In July 2022, Christine Vanden Beukel was selected as one of PEI Media’s Women of Influence in Private Markets.

Philip Wei is the Founding Partner of InFin Capital, an alternative investment company and multi-family office backed by Asian tech entrepreneurs, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Philip has over 18 years professional experience across Asia, Europe and the U.S. Prior to founding InFin Capital, he led global Banking and FinTech investments at Fosun Group and managed portfolios of over $1bn incl. Ant Group/MyBank (China), Hyperchain.cn (China) and BCP Millennium (Portugal). He is also the early investor of some successful consumer internet companies such as Tuhu.cn. Before his investment career, he worked at Deutsche Bank and Accenture based in Germany, where he managed strategy, IT and M&A projects for major European banks.

He graduated Business Administration from the University of Manchester, UK and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the Reutlingen University, Germany.

Previously with Deutsche Bank, BAML and ANZ, Isaac Wong has over 20 years of professional experience across leverage and acquisition finance, private and structured credit and capital markets across Asia-Pacific. He has structured and deployed over $3 billion in risk capital across the capital structure throughout Asia-Pacific across various industries. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA) and BComm (Actuarial Studies) Macquarie University, Australia.

Chin Yuen is a Research Manager at PDI. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for leading a team of researchers dedicated to maintaining a database of institutional investors, fund managers and funds in the private markets space. He is also leading a number of data projects which includes rankings (II 100), quarterly fundraising reports and investor reports. Chin graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BSc degree in Science (Major in Statistics) in 2015.