06
Sep
Private equity in South Korea: Accessing opportunities (conducted in Korean only)
The Korean private equity industry has grown in size and sophistication over the years. This maturity is reflected by moving from sourcing deals domestically to deploying capital and partnering with local businesses to expand internationally across range of industries including industrials, technology, financial services, consumer, and ever-growing K-Culture. Leading GPs will share their views on the current investment landscape and discuss their strategies for the year ahead.
- How has private equity performed in the last 12 months?
- How are GPs sourcing deals and to what extent regulation plays a role in creating opportunities?
- Is a valuation correction needed to improve deal flow?
- Where do Korean GPs look for to deliver sustainable expansion opportunities?
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SpeakersCarolyn (Kyung Eun) Lee Director KPMG
Seunggu Ahn Senior Principal & Head of Korea MUBADALA
SJ Lee Managing Director, Head of Korea GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT
Charles Min Partner, Head of Korea AFFINITY EQUITY PARTNERS
Eugene Hahm Managing Director CARLYLE
Sunwha Shin Partner UCK PARTNERS
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Carolyn (Kyung Eun) Lee is a Director at KPMG Korea with 12 years of experience in M&A advisory. She specializes in cross-border M&A and has provided M&A advisory service, including acquisitions, divestments, strategic and financial advice. She has worked with a diverse client base, including multinational corporations, PEs, and SMEs across sectors such as manufacturing, consumer goods, life sciences, and technology.
She is a graduate of Brown University with a BA in Economics.
Seunggu Ahn heads the Korea team within Mubadala Investment Company's Direct Investment Platform as part of its Asia investment strategy since 2023. Before joining Mubadala, she served as Senior Director in the Private Equity team at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) for over a decade, overseeing investments in diverse private equity strategies globally. Prior to her tenure at KIC, she held positions at Tstone Group, a mid-market buyout firm in Korea, and in Morgan Stanley's Principal Investment division.
SJ is a managing director in Private and Growth Equity within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, serving as head of Korea Investments. Earlier in his career, he spent eight years in the Investment Banking Division, covering Financial Institutions Group clients across Asia, including Korea and South East Asia. SJ initially joined the firm in 2006 as an associate and rejoined Goldman Sachs in 2023 as managing director.
Prior to rejoining the firm, SJ spent more than eight years at TPG in Asia focusing on buyout and growth investments. SJ has previously worked at Citigroup and PricewaterhouseCoopers. SJ earned a BA in Business Administration from Seoul National University in 2000.
Charles Min joined Affinity Equity Partners in 2007 and is the Head of Affinity Equity Partners in Korea. Before joining Affinity, Charles spent four years in the Global Investment Research group at Goldman Sachs, covering the auto, steel and shipbuilding industries in Korea. Prior to that role, he worked at the corporate advisory department of Deloitte & Touche LLP, covering the North American TMT sector.
Charles received a Bachelor in Economics and International Relations from the University of British Columbia, and a Masters in Management and Professional Accounting from the University of Toronto. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder as well as a member of the CPA.
Sunwha Shin is a partner of UCK Partners. Prior to joining UCK Partners, Ms. Shin worked in Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in Hongkong and Seoul for nine years. She led many landmark transactions in Korea, serving Korean Conglomerates as well as Private Equity firms in Asia. Ms. Shin started her career at McKinsey & Company as analyst and then as associate after promotion at McKinsey & Company. Ms. Shin received an MBA with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Korea University in Seoul.