Ken Lee

Ken Lee has 23 years of experience in investment banking, global financial markets and investment research. He joined 13D Research (USVI) LLC as Managing Director and Head of Asia in 2010, where he founded the 13D Hong Kong Office and spearheaded 13D’s Asia operations. For the last 5 years, Ken has built strategic and significant footprint for 13D – in terms of research and business development – with government leaders, policy makers, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, insurance companies, banks, corporations, money managers and some of the wealthiest Asian families.

Ken is a regular speaker in major conferences and events; the most recent ones are the Yabuli Chinese Entrepreneurs Forum and the Australian Leadership Retreat organized by the Australian Davos Connection.

Before joining 13D Research, Ken spent 14 years in Goldman Sachs, based out of Hong Kong. Ken was appointed Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in 2003 and Head of the Corporate Sales Group for the Asia ex-Japan region, where he managed a team of 35 professionals and covered hundreds of institutional clients across China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. As a veteran on the sales and trading floor of Goldman Sachs, Ken has broad experience in different types of transactions involving interest rate, foreign exchange, equities, credit, commodities and hedge funds.

Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1996, Ken started his career in the Fixed Income Division of Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets. He graduated in 1992 from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree of business administration (concentration in finance).