Identify, pursue, and execute merger & acquisition (M&A) opportunities across Asia to expand the portfolio of assets owned by the SK Group's $23B petrochemical company, SK Energy. Explore joint ventures & potential partnerships, handle all deal logistics, nurture external relationships, and perform due diligence. Initially recruited from New York to build out the SK Group’s Shanghai office.Highlighted Responsibilities:* M&A Lead Generation: Recommend potential acquisitions in the oil & gas, energy, petrochemical, and chemical sectors. Identify senior decision makers and initiate contact. * Deal Negotiations: Drive the deal negotiation and close process from end-to-end. Collaborate with legal, finance, risk management, and corporate strategy teams to apply a unified approach.* Financial Due Diligence: Analyze, review, and build financial models to understand all of a target company’s cash flow drivers and balance sheet composition. Highlighted Transactions:* Plymouth Exploration LLC: Executed the financial due diligence process behind SK’s $300M acquisition of Plymouth’s oil and gas assets in the Mississippian Lime region in the U.S.* Tesla Nanocoatings: Complied the term sheets that led to the close of a multi-million dollar placement into an emerging maker of nanotechnology-enhanced protective coating for industrial steel applications.* Chaparral Energy: Conducted complex valuation and led the due diligence team evaluating a potential investment of $2B into one of the largest hydrocarbon extraction companies in the U.S. * Panther Energy Company: Analyzed an investment opportunity in an Oklahoma-based oil exploration and drilling company expected to complement SK Energy’s North American holdings & strategy. Recommended SK move forward with the acquisition.

Served as the head of quantitative risk management for the in-house hedge fund of TPG Capital ($9B in total AUM). Meticulously modeled hundreds of trades to identify under-valued securities and recommend long/short hedging opportunities.* Generated new investment and equity hedging ideas with senior traders and portfolio managers. * Introduced proprietary screening tools to research analysts that facilitated capital allocation decisions.* Provided clear, objective, and statistically-driven feedback to fund partners on investment strategy.

Founded a credit arbitrage hedge fund designed to earn the spread between long credit exposure and shorter duration funding. Built the economic capital and return calculation model for the investment vehicle, incorporating capital & cost of capital constraints and position details to establish a meaningful hurdle rate for new deals.* Raised $300M in equity capital, $700M in mezzanine debt, and $11B in medium-term notes and commercial paper from Europe and the Middle East to finance the acquisition of structured credit notes.* Delivered, and defended the analytical justification required to obtain A1 & A+ ratings from Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch on senior and mezzanine notes included in the fund’s investment vehicle.

Principal of a startup investment management firm that would create, market, and allocate capital to credit derivative- and alternative asset class-based structured products. Reported directly to the CEO; primarily responsible for building, modeling, and back-testing myriad fund configurations. * Negotiated and secured AAA ratings on the firm’s planned structured product offering from DBRS (Dominion Bond Rating Service)—a key win expected to drive future capital commitments and revenue. * Defined the operating model detailing the firm’s investment, risk management, and due diligence processes. Interacted with FIG (Financial Institutions Group) investment bankers to track relevant trends.