Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, since 2014. Before joining the IMF, he was Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was also the Secretary General and Sherpa of the Presidential Committee for the 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit, as well as Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Korea. He was a Professor of Economics at Seoul National University and Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester. He obtained his PhD in Economics from Harvard University, and his Bachelor degree in Economics from Seoul National University.
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