Joseph Y. Bae

Joseph Bae （Hong Kong） joined KKR in 1996 and is the Managing Partner of KKR Asia and member of the firm's Global Management Committee， Risk Management Committee， Asia Portfolio Management Committee and China Growth Fund Investment Committee. During his tenure with KKR he has played a significant role in the investments in Oriental Brewery， Intelligence， BIS Cleanaway， Borden， Elmers， Inc.， MMI， Unisteel， PanAmSat， PRIMEDIA， Seven Media Group， Shoppers Drug Mart， Visant， World Color Press and Yellow Pages Group. Currently， he is on the board of directors of BIS Industries， and Oriental Brewery. Mr. Bae， who had been located in the New York office， moved to Hong Kong in late 2005 to establish KKR’s Asian operations. Prior to KKR， Mr. Bae worked for Goldman， Sachs & Co. in its Principal Investment Area， where he was involved in a broad range of merchant banking transactions. He has a B.A.， magna cum laude， from Harvard College.