Sunho Choi is a Co-CEO/General Partner of investments for Corstone Asia. Mr. Choi is responsible for Corstone investment activities in Asia, including China and Korea.
Prior to joining Corstone, Mr. Choi was a Senior Associate in the Investment Banking Division of Macquarie Securities in Korea where he led the execution process for a number of merger and acquisition and equity capital markets transactions.
Mr. Choi led Korean cross-border equity, debt securities issues and mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes a number of sizable transactions including the dual listing in London and Korea of the USD 1.054 billion Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund, a USD 583 million convertible bond offering for Hynix Semiconductor Inc., and a USD 40 million pre-IPO securities issuance for Millinet Solar. Total transaction size for Mr. Choi’s banking activities exceeded USD 3 billion.
Prior to Macquarie, he was an Associate on the International Finance Team in the Investment Banking Division of Samsung Securities. Mr. Choi was engaged in a number of transactions including a NYSE ADR listing for Woori Finance Holdings, a USD 250 million global bond offering for Korea East-West Power Corp., a USD 281 million offshore block trade for Woori Finance Holdings, a USD 25 million convertible bond offering for Pantech, a USD 15 million convertible bond offering for Wooyoung, and a USD 10 million convertible bond offering for STS Semiconductor. Total transaction size exceeded USD 1 billion.
Mr. Choi received his bachelor’s degree in economics and anthropology from Seoul National University and he had worked for a strategic consulting firm and a venture capital before he started his career.