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Dow Kim, senior executive advisor. He informed the company that he plans to leave Merrill Lynch by the end of the year in order to establish a multi-strategy, private investment firm. The company said it expects to be an initial client of Mr. Kim's new firm and that Mr. Kim also would serve as an advisor to senior management for a transition period.
Until May 2007, he was president of Global Markets & Investment Banking, responsible for the global debt and equity businesses.
Mr. Kim served as head of Global Debt Markets from October 2001 to August 2003. Prior to that appointment, he was managing director and head of Global Enterprise Risk Management, an integrated Global Derivatives & Foreign Exchange group within Global Debt Markets.
He moved to New York in March 2000, and managed the integrated Fixed Income business in Japan for three years and was also a member of the Executive Management Committee at Merrill Lynch in Japan, Inc.
Mr. Kim joined Merrill Lynch in January 1994 to manage the Debt Derivatives Trading Desk, and subsequently has served as a managing director and head of Debt & Equity Derivatives.
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Kim worked for Chemical Bank in Tokyo as a vice president and head of Yen Options Trading from 1991 to 1994. From 1985 to 1991, he worked for Manufacturers Hanover Bank in New York as a credit analyst, a commercial banker and derivatives trader.
Born and raised in Korea as well as Singapore and the United States, Mr. Kim graduated from the Philips Academy, Andover, and received a BSE from the Wharton School. During nine years with Manufacturers Hanover/Chemical Bank, he took part in the Wharton Executive MBA Program and received an MBA degree. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. | 