Yup S. Kim serves as the Chief Investment Officer for Texas’ $41 billion municipal retirement system (TMRS) and chairs its staff investment committee. Previously, he served as the Head of Investments for Private Equity at CalPERS, California’s $490 billion pension fund, where he helped lead the $60 billion private equity program across all functions, including strategy, team management, and investment activities across primary, secondary, and co-investment opportunities globally. Previously, he served as the Senior Portfolio Manager at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, an $80 billion sovereign wealth fund, where he helped lead its private investment activities. The private equity and special opportunities portfolio generated 25% net of fee returns over a decade. He has also held positions at DB Private Equity, where he served on the Investment Committee, Performance Equity, and Silver Point Capital, and he began his career at Citigroup in New York. Kim received his B.A. in Economics from Yale University, speaks six languages, and serves as Chair for the Milken Institute Rising Allocator forum. He serves as a Board Member of the Korea Finance Society, a Term Member for the Council of Foreign Relations, a Global Investment Ambassador for the Seoul Metropolitan Government and a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School, Yale University, and many other academic institutions.

Tim Burroughs is managing editor of Asian Venture Capital Journal, having joined the publication in May 2011. He is responsible for all editorial content put out under the AVCJ brand, including Asian Venture Capital Journal, AVCJtv, AVCJ Awards and AVCJ.com. Tim previously spent five years at China Economic Review, serving as editor-in-chief and then editorial director. Located in Greater China since 2003, during which time he has lived in Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong, Tim has been a China-based contributor for publications including The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, BBC and China Daily. Prior to moving to China, he trained and worked as a journalist in the UK. He was honored at the Society of Publishers in Asia awards in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and at the State Street Institutional Press Awards - Asia in 2012.