Join us for an upcoming program in The Korea Society’s Young Professionals Network: Lessons Learned series, presented in partnership with the Korea Finance Society (KFS).
Over more than 30 years in finance, Alex Chi, Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Global Credit and Head of Direct Lending at Carlyle, has worked across investment banking, private credit, and senior leadership roles in New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul.
In conversation with moderator David Kim, Vice President at Blackstone Innovations Investments, Alex will reflect on the experiences, decisions and turning points that shaped his career, from his early years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, including his time working in Asia and Korea, to his transition into private credit and his current leadership role at Carlyle. The conversation will explore lessons learned along the way, including leadership and mentorship, navigating major career transitions, and his commitment to supporting the next generation of Korean professionals in finance.
This event will be hosted at The Korea Society on November 19th at 6:00 PM. A Q&A and networking session will follow the discussion.
The Korea Society is pleased to present this Young Professionals’ Network event in partnership with the Korea Finance Society (KFS). KFS seeks to build a community to promote the advancement of Korean and Korean-American financial professionals in the United States through networking, education, and mentorship.
About the Speaker
Speaker
Alex Chi
Alex Chi is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Global Credit and Head of Direct Lending at Carlyle. Mr. Chi is also Chief Executive Officer of Carlyle’s affiliated Business Development Companies and serves on the Global Credit Investment Committee. He is a member of the firm’s Leadership Committee and is based in New York.
Mr. Chi joined Carlyle in 2026. Prior to joining Carlyle, he was a partner at Goldman Sachs where he spent 31 years and most recently served as Co-Head of Americas Direct Lending within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He also served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President of Goldman Sachs’ affiliated Business Development Companies and was a member of the Asset & Wealth Management Private Credit Investment Committee.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Chi spent 25 years in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in a variety of leadership roles across the Financial and Strategic Investors Group, Leveraged Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Fixed Income Capital Markets and Information Technology in New York, Hong Kong and Seoul. He also served on the firm’s Global Diversity & Inclusion Council and was global head of the Asian Network which he co-founded.
Mr. Chi currently serves on the National Advisory Council of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM), the Board of Directors of the JED Foundation, the National Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, and the Leadership Council of Apex for Youth. He is also a Senior Advisor and founding Board member of the Korea Finance Society (KFS), and previously served three terms on the Board of Directors of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF).
Mr. Chi earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About the Moderator
Moderator
David Kim
David Kim is a Vice President in Blackstone Innovations Investments (BXII). He is focused on executing the firm’s principal strategic investments in early-stage cybersecurity, enterprise software, financial technology and property technology companies. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Kim has been involved in the firm’s investments in 7AI, Method Security, Norm Ai, Veza (acquired by ServiceNow), and Adaptive Shield (acquired by CrowdStrike), among others.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Kim worked at Vector Capital, where he was a member of the private equity investment team focused on making control-oriented investments in enterprise software companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kim was an analyst at Evercore in the technology M&A and private capital advisory teams.
Mr. Kim received a BS in Operations Research: Engineering Management Systems, summa cum laude, from Columbia University. He serves on the board of Korea Finance Society, the largest professional network of global Korean finance professionals.
