Hyobong Kim is well-versed in both regulations and market practice in digital finance and virtual assets with expertise and knowhow based on her experience of working for the Financial Supervisory Service for over a decade.

Having graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute, Ms. Kim dealt with the improvement of fund and trust systems, mediation of disputes over private equity funds, and digital finance cases at the Financial Supervisory Service. Since 2022, she has focused on supporting the establishment of virtual asset regulations, such as the enactment of the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users and its subordinate statutes and the establishment of self-regulations on the listing of virtual asset on domestic crypto platforms.

Ms. Kim earned her LL.B. from Yonsei University and graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute. She earned her LL.M. from Columbia Law School and completed the professional M.B.A. program at Sungkyunkwan University. She has deep understanding and balanced perspective in domestic and international laws as well as corporate management and financial market practices.