Our Management - Experience & Expertise in Today's Global Investing World.

Donald Kim, Chief Executive Officer.

     Donald is the firm’s Chief Executive Officer.  Prior to joining the firm, he was Vice President of Corporate Banking at Far East National Bank, a subsidiary of Bank SinoPac of Taiwan, and Director of Far East Capital Corporation, the bank’s specialized Small Business Investment Company, where he participated in senior debt, mezzanine, bridge and equity financings.  Previous to this he was an investment banker with Libra Investments, Inc., now Caltius, Inc., where he transacted private placements of subordinated debt, securitizations and management buyouts in the middle market.  He was also with the Internal Audit Staff of General Electric Capital Corporation and General Electric International, performing reviews worldwide across a variety of company divisions, including Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Plastics, Lighting and Real Estate.  He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, attended Yale School of Management and is an alumnus of Phillips Academy. Donald holds the following securities licenses: Series 65, Series 63.  

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Andi Kim, CFA, Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager.

     Andi is the firm’s Chief Investment Officer and portfolio manager of our firm's PDAM Global Alpha investment strategy.  Andi attended Seoul National University, and received his M.B.A. in finance and B.S. in Information Systems and Decision Science from the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno in 1993.  He is currently an associate editor of International Journal of Business, a CFA charterholder, and a member of American Mensa.  Prior to joining the firm, he was a portfolio manager with Kuvera Capital Management from 2003 to 2005, where his investment strategies led Kuvera to become one of the co‐managers of the RQSI/Access Emerging CTA Index (ECI), a $200 million fund managed by a select group of CTA’s.  Prior to Kuvera, Andi was a portfolio manager with Premier Trading Group, a San Francisco based hedge fund.  Andi also spent six years as a portfolio manager and proprietary trader at LG Investment & Securities.

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     Harry is the firm’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.  He is also the corporate and securities partner at Lee Anav Chung LLP, a law firm based in Los Angeles, California.  He is a graduate of New York University School of Law, and Harvard College.  Harry is originally from New York City, where he graduated from Stuyvesant High School and was a National Merit Scholar.  Harry was formerly associated with K&R Law Group LLP (formerly Konowiecki & Rank) (1999‐2004); Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP (1996‐99); McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen LLP) (1994‐96); and Sullivan & Cromwell (1991‐94) (Los Angeles).  Harry has over 19 years of experience in corporate and securities matters, and has significant expertise in formation of corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies; mergers and acquisitions, including asset and stock transactions; private securities offerings; and compliance with SEC reporting requirements.  Harry holds the following securities license: Series 65.

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