Boss, father, and a man with mission – the multiple roles of a public pension CIO

This article is the second part of a profile published in January. To former chief investment officer (CIO) Jang Dong-hun, managing billions of dollars in assets is not about a high salary or social status. Instead, he derives satisfaction from improving the lives of those who have placed their trust in Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (Poba), from which he stepped down as CIO earlier this week after two terms. In a career spanning more than 30 years in Korea’s ass…