Heenam Choi has been CEO and chairman of the board of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) since March 2018. He was appointed ambassador for financial cooperation in November 2020. Prior to joining KIC, Choi served as executive director at the International Monetary Fund, representing 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He was previously the executive director of the Asian Pacific Constituency at the World Bank Group. Choi brings more than 30 years of experience from Korea's Ministry of Strategy and Finance, where he has served as deputy minister for international affairs, director general of international finance, director general of international financial cooperation, director of the international financial policy division, and director of the foreign exchange market division. Choi earned a PhD in economics from the University of Pittsburgh. He has an MBA in finance and a BA in economics from Hanyang University in Korea.