José Gerardo Morales, CFA
Chief Investment Officer - U.S. and EMEA
New York
22 years' investment experience
José Gerardo Morales, Chief Investment Officer, U.S. and EMEA, heads the portfolio management team responsible for investments in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa.
Before joining Mirae Asset in 2007, Mr. Morales was Head of Emerging European Equities at Pictet Asset Management. Prior to Pictet, he was Head of EMEA Emerging Markets at WestLB Asset Management and lead manager of the award-winning WestAM Compass European Convergence Fund. He also worked at HSBC Asset Management, where he gained extensive experience managing EMEA, Latin America and Asia Pacific equity portfolios.
Mr. Morales holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Finance degree from George Mason University and is fluent in Spanish. He is a CFA charterholder.
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Cong Li, PhD
Chief Investment Officer - Asia Pacific
Hong Kong
17 years' investment experience
Cong Li is the Chief Investment Officer with Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) and Head of China Investment and Research Team. He manages key Mirae Asset portfolios, including the China Equity Funds, and supervises a team that oversees a range of Asia Pacific products, including country, regional and sector funds.
Prior to joining Mirae Asset, Dr. Li was a Fund Manager at Hong Kong-based Hamon Investment Group with responsibility for stock selection in Greater China equity markets. He is also known as one of the few pioneering fund managers in China's domestic equity market.
Dr. Li started his investment management career at Hua Yin International Trust & Investment Company in 1994 as an Investment Manager covering equities, fixed income and commodity futures. He subsequently left to join Shanghai-based Hua An Fund Management Company in 1998, where he managed three styles of funds in the China markets. He was named as one of China's top star fund managers by New Fortune Magazine in 2002 for consistent, outstanding performance.
Mr. Li holds a Chartered Public Accountant qualification in China, a PhD in Business Administration from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) and Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Public Administration from Columbia University, and is fluent in Mandarin.
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Joon Hyuk Heo, CFA
Head of Global Fixed Income
New York
13 years' investment experience
Joon Hyuk is the head of the Global Fixed Income team and the lead portfolio manager of the Global Bond strategy with responsibility for global fixed income investment and research.
He became the lead portfolio manager of the Mirae Asset Global Fixed Income Master Trust in 2008. Joon Hyuk joined Mirae Asset Group in 1999. He managed the Korea Domestic Bond fund and served as a fixed income strategist for 7 years. He also worked at Mirae Asset Global Investments Hong Kong for 3 years as a fixed income specialist.
Joon Hyuk has a BA in Economics from Seoul National University, Korea. He is a CFA charter holder and is fluent in Korean.
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Byung-Ha Kim
Head of China Investment Team
Hong Kong
12 years' investment experience
Byung-Ha Kim is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong).
He manages investments in China and other Asian markets. He has twelve years of experience in capital markets and fund management in Korea. Prior to joining Mirae Asset, he served as a strategist at the research entity of Mirae Asset Global Investments in Seoul. He began his professional career as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager covering the Korean stock market.
Mr. Kim graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Seoul National University, and is fluent in Korean.
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Rahul Chadha
Head of Asia Pacific Investment Division
Hong Kong
12 years' investment experience
Rahul Chadha is the Head of Asia Pacific Investment Division for Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) and manages investments in India and other Asian markets. He is responsible for research coverage in the financials, industrials and materials sectors for India equities, and also manages the India Sector Leader Equity strategy.
Mr. Chadha began his career in 1999 as a research analyst with Dundee Mutual Funds, where he spent four years covering India equities. He subsequently joined Aviva Life Insurance in 2003 as a senior research analyst on their India team. During his tenure, Aviva's Unit-Linked Balanced and Growth India Funds were consistently ranked among the best-performing funds in their respective categories. Mr. Chadha joined Standard Chartered Mutual Funds in 2005 as a senior equity analyst responsible for sector coverage in India.
He holds a Master of Finance and Control degree and a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Delhi, and is fluent in Hindi.
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Young Hwan Kim
Chief Investment Officer - Latin America
São Paulo
11 years' investment experience
Young Hwan Kim, Chief Investment Officer, Latin America, manages a number of flagship Mirae Asset portfolios.
Mr Kim joined Mirae Asset in 2000, beginning as an analyst and eventually was promoted to the head of Korean Equity Division 2. He was Mirae Asset's Head of Latin American Equity in 2007 and 2008, based in the UK.
Mr. Kim holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Politics and Diplomatic degree from Yonsei University, and is fluent in Korean.
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Joohee An
Portfolio Manager
Hong Kong
8 years' investment experience
Joohee An is a Portfolio Manager with Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong), where she manages investments in the Asia region and is a core member of the Global Investment Team.
She has over seven years of experience in equity research and asset allocation. Prior to joining the Hong Kong office in 2009, Ms. An was based in Seoul where she worked as an Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager. Before joining Mirae Asset Global Investments in 2006, she was an analyst with LG Securities.
Ms. An received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Yonsei University in 2004, and is fluent in Korean.
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James Dominick
Analyst
New York
5 years' investment experience
James Dominick is an Analyst with Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA). Mr. Dominick principally covers the global consumer industries in developed markets.
Prior to joining Mirae Asset, Mr. Dominick worked as an Analyst at Pivot Capital Advisors, a value-oriented hedge fund based in New York investing in consumer equities. Immediately preceding his time at Pivot Capital, Mr. Dominick worked as an Analyst at Crossroads Investments, a long term value focused hedge fund. Mr. Dominick began his career at Gerson Lehrman Group, where he helped launch and develop the firm's Consumer Goods & Services practice.
Mr. Dominick holds an Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Administration from Brown University.
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