Leadership
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Board of Directors / Executive Committee / Senior Advisor Network / Regional Representatives
Executive Committee
Cathy Shin
Altos Ventures
Cathy Shin is an associate at Altos Ventures. Prior to joining Altos, she was a Technology investor at Altimeter Capital. Cathy started her career in Technology investment banking at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco. She graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Daniel Lee
Morgan Stanley
Daniel Lee is currently an investment analyst in Morgan Stanley’s Tactical Value Team. Previously, he worked as an investment banking analyst in Evercore’s Insurance M&A group. Daniel joined KFS in 2019 as a Fellow and is currently involved in leading the KFS Fellowship Program. He graduated with a B.A. in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard University.
David Kim
Blackstone
David Kim is an assistant vice president at Blackstone Innovations Investments. Prior to joining Blackstone, David worked in technology private equity at Vector Capital, as well as in investment banking at Evercore. David graduated from Columbia University with a B.S. in Operations Research: Engineering Management Systems.
Jae Lee
Baupost Group
Jae Lee is currently a public investment analyst at the Baupost Group. Previously, he worked as an analyst at Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities group. Jae joined KFS in 2017 as a Fellow. He graduated with a B.A. in Statistics and Economics from Harvard University.
Jennifer Cha
HPS Investment Partners
Jennifer Cha is currently an associate at HPS Investment Partners in Chicago. She started her career in NY as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in the Financial and Strategic Investors Group before joining the Asset Management Division focusing on Private Credit across senior credit and mezzanine strategies. Jennifer joined KFS in 2016 as a fellow and serves as a junior mentor and pod leader through the KFS Women in Finance Mentorship Program. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Economics.
Jason Oh
Permira
Jason Oh is currently an associate at Permira. Previously, he was an investment banking analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Credit Suisse. Jason joined KFS in 2019 as a Fellow and is currently involved in leading the KFS Fellowship Program. He graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Statistics from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Leighanne Oh
Novo Holdings
Leighanne Oh is a Life Sciences investor at Novo Holdings. Prior to that, she was a biotech therapeutics investor at Sofinnova Investments based in Menlo Park. Trained as a protein engineer, Leighanne started her career as an investment banker at Jefferies and at GE Healthcare as a manufacturing and operations engineer. Leighanne received her M.S. and B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and is a Gates Millennium Scholar.
Michael Kim
Blackstone
Michael Kim is currently an Investment Professional at Blackstone Real Estate, the largest opportunistic private real estate platform in the industry. He started his career in the investment banking area at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. Michael graduated magna cum laude from Emory University with a B.A. in Finance and Economics. Michael joined KFS in 2018 as a fellow.
Shelby Kim
Korea Investment Corporation
Shelby Kim is currently a Private Equity Manager at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) in New York. Before joining KIC, she worked in search fund investing at Pacific Lake Partners and started her career as an investment banking analyst at Evercore Partners. Shelby joined KFS in 2017 as a Fellow. She graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Economics & Policy and a B.A. in Public Health from UC Berkeley.
SK Ra
Hg
SK is an associate at Hg Capital, focusing on software private equity investing. Prior to Hg, SK was an investment banking analyst in the Technology M&A group at Evercore. SK joined KFS in 2017 as a Fellow. SK graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Statistics from the Stern School of Business at New York University.