Joonkee leads VOGO FUND Labs, which serves as our laboratory for innovative technology driven asset management opportunities.
After graduating from MIT with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in engineering and an MBA, he worked for Wall Street firms such as Salomon Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Lehman Brothers, in global financial centers such as New York and Hong Kong, mainly in derivatives and capital markets.
Most recently, he was Head of Korea and Asia for Cumberland DRW, a global leader in cryptocurrency trading. Cumberland DRW is a subsidiary of DRW, a Chicago based technology driven financial products trading and market making firm.
He also has vast experiences in Korean financial markets, having served as Korea country head for UBS Group (at both bank branch and securities subsidiary) and as an independent board director of Kakao Bank. He was active in various economy and policy advisory roles for government offices such as the President Office (“Blue House”), MoEF (Ministry of Economy and Finance), FSS (Financial Supervisory Service) and Bank of Korea (the central bank).
In recognition of these contributions, he has received citation awards and a plaque of appreciation from the Minister of Economy and Finance and the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service.