Board of Directors

 

Macquarie Korea Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Corporate Director

 

MKAM is the Corporate Director of MKIF, as required under the FSCMA. MKAM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) Limited, a member of the Macquarie Group.

MKAM is part of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) of Macquarie Funds Group. MIRA is a global leader in the infrastructure finance sector, with recognised strength in both infrastructure funds management and infrastructure advisory services. The global infrastructure portfolio managed by MIRA on behalf of its managed funds and institutional and retail investors as of September 2011, included 88 businesses in 23 countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Korea and Japan.

MKAM has appointed Chul Hum Paik, Representative Director, as its representative on the MKIF Board of Directors.

Macquarie Korea Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Dae Yun Cho LLM, BA (Law)

Supervisory Director

Dae Yun Cho

Mr Cho has practiced law at the law offices of Kim & Chang in Seoul since 1979, covering the broad areas of finance and securities, international trade, dispute settlements (including trade disputes and international arbitration) and mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (including insolvency practice). He is currently senior partner in charge of finance and trade matters generally and, in particular, private finance initiatives.

Mr Cho has acted as a consultant for various Korean Ministries, including the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. In this capacity, he has participated in the development of numerous laws, including the PPI Act and the Foreign Trade Act. Presently, Mr Cho is the senior advisor of the Korea International Trade Law Association, an arbitrator on the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board and the National Candidate of Korea for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Panel and for the WTO’s Subsidy and Countervailing Duties Committee.

Mr Cho became a Supervisory Director of MKIF in December 2002 and was re-elected in March 2010 for the third term.

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Kyung Soon Song PhD (International Finance), MBA, BA

Supervisory Director

Kyung Soon Song

Since late 2002, Dr Song has been the founding Representative Director of Korea Expert Consulting Group (KECG). Dr Song is also a member of Official Development Assistance (ODA) committee of the Republic of Korea, chaired by Prime Minister and a member of steering committee, Economic Development Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP) of the Korean Government, which is responsible for Korea’s development aid policy. Also he became a civilian member of Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) and International Finance Subcommittee, Financial Sector Development Review Committee since September 2007.

Previously Dr Song was employed by the Korean Government, as a senior staff member at the World Bank, a Chief Operating Officer at Nomura’s project finance company in Hong Kong, and founding President of a financial advisory firm in Washington DC. As an expert and senior manager at these institutions over the last 30 years, Dr Song handled a variety of economic and financial (both operational and advisory) assignments for projects and programs in some 20 countries, in the areas of industry analysis and rationalisation, corporate finance, project development and financing, mergers and acquisitions, privatisation and auction, private participation in Infrastructure, corporate restructuring, valuation and arranging global strategic alliances and international portfolio investments.

Dr Song became a Supervisory Director of MKIF in March 2005 and was re-elected in March 2011 for the third term.

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Dae Hee Yoon PhD (Economics), BA (Business Administration)

Supervisory Director

Dae Hee Yoon

Dr Yoon is currently the chair professor in Economics at Gachon University and executive advisor in Yulchon, a prominent Korean law firm. Dr Yoon is the leader of the Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP) for economy development, promoted by the Korean government.

Beginning his career at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) - formally known as Economy Planning Board-, Dr Yoon worked over 30 years on various economic and policy divisions including macroeconomic policy, budgeting, fair-trade and international economic policy. He also served at the divisions of government finance planning, fair-trade commission and spokesperson of MOSF.

Especially in 2004 while he served as Deputy Minister for Planning and Management of MOSP, he led the amendment of the Private Participation in Infrastructure Act to introduce Built-Transfer-Lease (BTL) scheme. Also as the Senior Secretary of Economic Affairs at Presidential Office in 2006, he led the promulgation of Financial Investment Services and Capital Market Act.

Dr Yoon was the Minister of the Government Policy Coordination Office in 2007.

Dr Yoon became a Supervisory Director of MKIF in March 2011.

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