Career
Experience
A career built across investment banking, asset management, private capital, and cross-border business development — from Seoul's real estate financing markets to applied employee-ownership finance work during Duke's Fuqua MBA.
- Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
Remote
Summer Associate
Ownership Capital Lab
Initiative focused on expanding access to capital for employee-owned (EO) businesses
Contributed to applied research and structuring work on alternatives to personal-guarantee requirements in financing for employee-owned businesses, as part of Duke Fuqua MBA summer work.
- Conducted lender-landscape research across Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and analyzed personal-guarantee practices in small-business and cooperative lending.
- Contributed to the design of guarantee and philanthropic first-loss structures aimed at reducing personal-guarantee requirements for employee-owned businesses, including ESOPs, employee ownership trusts (EOTs), and worker cooperatives.
- Researched SBA 7(a) loan program mechanics relevant to financing employee-ownership transitions.
- 2023 – 2025
Seoul, Korea
Senior Manager, Investment Division
Korea Asset Investment
Asset management affiliate of Bosung (~$7B AUM), which operates 60+ affiliates
Led real estate financing execution for the investment division, from sourcing through fundraising and structuring.
- Led a 5-member team to execute 6 financings worth $290M across logistics, residential, and office sectors in 2 years — driving sourcing, fundraising, structuring, and expansion of the investor base.
- Built a new lender network across Korea's non-bank sector (40+ of 79 savings banks), enabling 4 of 6 executed deals and diversifying the investor base for real estate financings.
- Directed a $163.6M forward purchase of office assets in prime business districts, leveraging market research to guide asset selection and pricing; secured a 20% return prior to project completion.
- Sourced a $35.5M loan for an NYSE-listed e-commerce company's logistics center and secured investors, driving development in an overlooked area and boosting projected IRR by 25% through early repayment.
- 2019 – 2023
Seoul, Korea
Associate, Investment Banking Division
IBK Securities
Securities subsidiary of Industrial Bank of Korea, a state-owned financial institution
Executed cross-border U.S. real estate financings and structured fixed-income products for the investment banking division.
- Executed 4 U.S. real estate financings ($306M across office, logistics, and multifamily), preparing information memoranda, building financial models, and coordinating investor communication.
- Structured cross-border real estate loans tailored to mid-sized domestic institutions by addressing their return requirements; mobilized $20M from domestic investors making their first overseas investment.
- Developed fixed-income products by combining sovereign CDS and structured bonds to diversify income beyond real estate; managed a $500M balance sheet and stabilized portfolio returns.
- Originated $200M+ in domestic project-finance and bridge financings for residential and mixed-use projects by sourcing opportunities and structuring deals.
- 2018 – 2019
Seoul, Korea
Director, Overseas Business Development
WISEPOWER
Startup and sole Korean supplier of Yanxuan, an affiliate of NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES)
Led overseas business development connecting Korean suppliers to a major Chinese e-commerce platform.
- Discovered and connected Korean suppliers to NetEase's e-commerce platform; attracted over 10,000 visitors at the Qingdao Expo and generated $380K in annual sales.
- 2017 – 2018
Seoul, Korea
Associate (Full-time), Banking Department
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
State-owned bank of China with $6.7T in assets
Arranged cross-border mortgage lending as part of a Chinese state bank's Korea banking operations.
- Arranged and administered Korea's first syndicated interim mortgage loan by a Chinese bank, onboarding 1,000 new clients and expanding the loan portfolio by $123M.
- 2012 – 2014
Seoul, Korea
Sergeant
Republic of Korea Army
KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army), 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army
Served as lead interpreter and liaison supporting ROK-U.S. combined forces operations.
- Dispatched as lead interpreter for ROK-US joint war game exercises; served as liaison and facilitated real-time coordination and operational planning between allied forces.
- Managed onboarding and base assignments for over 10,000 US troops stationed in Korea, providing local briefings to support smooth settlement and integration.