<article>Investment firms <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.kic.go.kr/en/index.jsp" target="_blank">Korea Investment Corp (KIC)</a> and <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.cathay.fr/en/" target="_blank">Cathay Capital Private Equity</a> have recently appointed new chief operating officers (COO).</article>

Investment firms <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.kic.go.kr/en/index.jsp" target="_blank">Korea Investment Corp (KIC)</a> and <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.cathay.fr/en/" target="_blank">Cathay Capital Private Equity</a> have recently appointed new chief operating officers (COO).
<h3>KIC names Sangjoon Kim as new COO</h3>
Korea based KIC announced recently the appointment of Sangjoon Kim as the company&#8217;s new COO following the departure of his predecessor Sung-So Eun who resigned last February to pursue a restructuring and reform agenda.
Kim has been with KIC for the last seven years where he has served as the head of the London office, Investment Strategy Team, Special Investment Team and Equity Management Team.
Prior to joining KIC, he was a Business Development Officer for the Korean market at Barclays Global Investors (Hong Kong), tasked to provide market updates and advice regarding strategic regional approaches.
Kim also did several stints at Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd (SLI), the largest life insurer in Korea, where he headed the firm&#8217;s Corporate Pension Investment Team, overseeing $8.5 billion of the firm’s assets.
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<h3>Cathay Capital appoints Daniel Balmisse as new COO</h3>
Cathay Capital Private Equity, a Chinese equity firm based in France, has hired Daniel Balmisse as group chief operating officer (COO).
Balmisse&#8217;s appointment reportedly coincides with Cathay Capital&#8217;s consolidation efforts of its operations in Europe, Asia and North America.
He will take on his new role in July, coming off from an 11-year stint with Bpifrance, a cornerstone investor in Cathay&#8217;s funds, like the Sino-French Midcap Fund (€500 million) and Sino-French Innovation Fund (€250 million target) launched in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
He first joined BPIFrance in July 2005 as deputy CEO for fund activities of national funds at CDC Enterprises.
In his profile at BPIFrance, Balmisse began his professional career in 1988 by occupying expertise and management positions in the telecommunications industry, first in the International Society of Aeronautical Telecommunications (SITA) and in France Telecom.
Balmise is a graduate of Supelec engineering school in Paris, France.
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