Hun Kim

Hun Kim is Acting Vice President, Investment Solutions. He is responsible for providing leadership and overseeing three departments, namely, the Sectors, Themes, and Finance Solutions Department (STF); Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department (SFS); and Portfolio Management Department (PMD). He serves concurrently as Director General of the STF Department and is responsible for developing the technical excellence of the Bank’s investment operations and expanding the Bank’s operational knowledge across all sectors and themes in support of both sovereign and nonsovereign investment operations. Under his leadership, STF performs a proactive role in shaping the direction and impact of AIIB’s investment operations. The department takes the lead in initiating and carrying out upstream work to cultivate expertise, support and incubate new initiatives in emerging technologies, provide advisory services for public-private partnerships, and promote growth in other productive sectors. Previous to his appointment, Kim has played a pivotal role in building AIIB’s social infrastructure portfolio from the ground up, which has grown to over USD2 billion since it was established in 2021. Kim is a seasoned development professional who has built his skills and expertise throughout his long and successful career in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he has held various leadership positions, the last of which was Director General, South Asia Department. Prior to that, he was ADB’s Country Director in India Resident Mission. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, U.S.A and an MA and BA in Economics from Yonsei University, Republic of Korea. Kim is from the Republic of Korea.