Life Summary
Kim Yong-beom is the Policy Chief of President Lee Jae-myung's office. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the National Planning and Advisory Commission, directly under the President.

He was born on February 5, 1962, in Muan, Jeollanam-do.

Kim graduated from Gwangju Daedong High School and earned a degree in Economics from Seoul National University. He also received a master's degree in Public Administration from the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University, followed by a PhD in Economics from George Washington University in the United States.

He entered public service through the 30th Civil Service Examination and pursued a career as a traditional economic bureaucrat, working in the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and more. After serving as a senior financial expert at the World Bank, he worked in various key roles such as Secretary General of the Public Fund Management Committee, Director-General of the Capital Markets Bureau at the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Director-General of the Financial Policy Bureau, and Executive Director of the FSC, where he gained extensive experience in financial policy.

After leaving public office, Kim became the CEO of Hashed Open Research, a think tank for Hashed, a blockchain investment firm, where he gained private sector experience in the virtual asset and digital finance sectors.

During his tenure as Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, he contributed to stabilizing the market, which had been boiling over due to issues like cryptocurrency regulations and the 9/13 real estate measures.

As the First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, he responded to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with measures such as the Korea-U.S. currency swap and financial market stabilization packages. He also oversaw mask supply measures, earning the nickname "macro-economic firefighter."

At the start of the Lee Jae-myung government, amidst concerns of a prolonged domestic recession and complex economic crises due to the impact of U.S. tariffs, Kim was selected as the right person to design the direction of national governance and coordinate inter-agency policies.

He is the only expert in virtual assets among economic bureaucrats and possesses a combination of specialized knowledge, extensive public and private sector experience, and a broad perspective.

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