Background
Yoon, Chi-Won was born on June 2, 1959 in Republic of Korea.
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Yoon, Chi-Won was born on June 2, 1959 in Republic of Korea.
Chi-Won Yoon studied electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a bachelor"s degree in 1982 and with a Master in Management in 1986 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
After nearly seven years as President Union Bank of Switzerland Asia Pacific (APAC) Chi-Won Yoon has decided to step down to take a sabbatical. Yoon"s career in financial services began after his graduation in 1986. He worked for Merrill Lynch in New York and for Lehman Brothers in New York and in Hong Kong.
In 1997, Yoon joined Union Bank of Switzerland as Head of Equity Derivatives.
He began to oversee Asian Equities in 2004. In March 2008, he was appointed Head of Union Bank of Switzerland Securities Business at Union Bank of Switzerland Hong Kong, replacing Kathryn Shih.
From June 2009 until November 2010, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Union Bank of Switzerland AG Asia Pacific, succeeding Rory Tapner. From November 2010 he held the position of co-Chief Executive Officer and co-Chairman, and in March 2012 he was appointed again as sole Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank of Switzerland Group Asia Pacific.
His role in the APAC region involves leading Union Bank of Switzerland Wealth Management, Investment Banking and Asset Management.
Yoon also worked as an electrical engineer in satellite communications, conducting research work on satellite communications at National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Before stepping down, he was in the board of directors of Union Bank of Switzerland Securities Company Limited and in the Union Bank of Switzerland Group Executive Board since June 2009.
He was also a member of the board of Union Bank of Switzerland Securities Company Limited. and Chair of the Asian Executive Board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. Yoon holds the position of Chairman of the Asian Executive Board for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and is a member of the advisory board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Finance and Policy.