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Founded in 2018, Regent Partners is a venture capital focused on early stage investments on healthcare and ICT along with geographic focuses on Korea and the U.S.

ESDF is a video game production and finance company. Led by an accomplished team, ESDF produces games similar to how a movie producer produces a movie. ESDF brings together the game concept, hires the development team to make the game, coordinates genre-specific marketing efforts, establishes the monetization schedule, launches the game, and manages the game's post-launch community. ESDF is focused on producing PC games, which was a $36 Billion in 2016 and is still growing. The purpose of ESDF is to produce great games that combine: (a) investor liquidity via quarterly cash distributions (similar to a real estate investment deal) with (b) the upside of venture capital investments.

Seoul, Kr

CTK is a public company listed in Korean stock exchange - KOSDAQ (260930) - that provides full service (R&D-Product Planning-Development-OEM Manufacturing-Shipping) to global cosmetic brands including Chanel, Loreal, Estee Lauder, etc. The Company's major market is mainly in North America. Mainly covers corporate strategy, investment and IR/PR.

A boutique merchant bank that focuses on investing small- to middle-market companies, as well as providing M&A and private placement advisory services

- Work as an Executive Director in Investment Team at BlueRun Ventures' APAC regional growth equity fund, BRV Lotus - Focus on investing middle market companies in Tech, Healthcare and Consumer sectors- Specialize in spin-offs and consolidations

New York, Ny, Us

IBD - Global Financial Sponsors Group & Western Region Coverage GroupLed day-to-day execution of live transactions including debt financing for potential leveraged buyout (“LBO”) transactions, sponsor-backed IPO and sell-side M&A transactions, and managed sponsor and corporate clients • Led execution on over $35 billion in deals and closed over 30 transactions at Barclays• Reviewed internal committee memorandums, financial models, presentations and marketing materials• Point person for internal communications with other groups (e.g., Leveraged Finance, Industry Coverage) as well as communications with clients for a successful deal execution• Attended management presentations with sponsor clients and led 30+ financial & business due diligence calls• Successfully developed new clients including Acushnet Golf Inc. (a.k.a. Titleist / Foot Joy) for its potential IPO by leveraging strong relationship with the CFO and in-depth knowledge in the golf industry

New York, Ny, Us

IBD - Global Financial Sponsors GroupCrafted client-facing marketing materials and internal memorandums, including deal approval committee memo and leveraged finance credit committee memo, and responsible for reviewing financial model outputs• Conducted in-depth due diligence for debt financing and sell-side transactions • Crafted Ratings Agency Presentation, Lender Presentation and Bank Book / CIM for debt financing deals• Designed and implemented a new internal screening memo template that was widely used by the entire team • Acted as a mentor to junior bankers in the firm’s Big Buddy / Little Buddy program for 3 years

New York, Ny, Us

• Built LBO models and prepared both internal and client-facing discussion materials

Jung-Gu, Seoul, Kr

A private equity arm of Woori Financial, the 2nd largest financial holding company in Korea.Assessed mid to late stage investments (e.g., buyout, growth capital) of $20 – 300 million in equity• Developed investment thesis, conducted analyses, wrote in-depth reports, oversaw internal and external teams, presented investment recommendations and results to the Investment Committee• Crafted post buyout value-up strategies and oversaw / supervised external management consultants• Junior point-person for LP (e.g., NPS, Korea Post, Korea Teachers Pension Fund) relationship management

Based in Seoul, Korea, nPlatform is a management consulting firm spun off from McKinsey & Co. The firm was initially owned by Softbank Japan.Crafted a mid- to long-term strategies for corporate clients • Formulated turnaround strategies for a well-known Korean conglomerate; reorganized its business portfolio, divested its unprofitable businesses and built mid-term strategies for its subsidiaries• Conducted operational audits and set-up Key Performance Indicators (“KPI”s) for KOLON Group• Developed financial models (e.g., earnings models, revenue assessments, cost projections) to assess the feasibility of and to identify logical candidates for business portfolio restructuring for KOLON Group• Conducted a mid-term (3-5 year) strategy project for KDB Asset Management Co.• Recognized for outstanding performance in building client relationships

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Ran quantitative / qualitative analyses for multiple acquisition projects focused on life insurance companies • Crafted and presented periodic M&A market updates on Korea’s insurance companies to US Headquarters• Conducted financial analyses, led preliminary due diligence, and crafted an internal screening memo• Directly reported to a regional CFO and presented due diligence outputs to the U.S. Headquarters

Mba, Mba

Bs, Finance

Highschool