Sewon Kim has joined Siebert Brandford Shank as head of its Transportation Banking Group, the firm announced on Wednesday.
Kim, a 16-year industry veteran, will be based in the firm's New York City headquarters on Wall Street.
"Sewon will add enormous value to a very important business sector for the firm," Suzanne Shank, the chair and CEO, said in a press release. "Her knowledge of the industry and her key relationships throughout the country will help position us to further expand our role as one of the nation's top transportation infrastructure financing firms."
Kim is a senior transportation and infrastructure public finance banker, most recently at Morgan Stanley, where she led or co-led national transportation deals. Previously, she was a vice president in public finance at J.P. Morgan and before that an associate director in public finance at Bear, Stearns. She began her career at Deloitte & Touche as a senior consultant.
"This is a great opportunity to apply my skills to help grow and expand this sector for one of the top players in the industry," Kim said in the release. "SBSCO has a stellar reputation as a top-notch infrastructure financing firm and I know we have nowhere to go but up. I look forward to this new challenge and to working with the incredibly talented team we have in place."
Kim has executed over 90 senior managed municipal debt financings with a total par value over $25 billion. She has extensive experience overseeing projects ranging from airports to surface transportation in major metropolitan regions across the country.
"We are very excited to have Sewon on board and she will have an immediate impact on a core business," Gary Hall, National Head of Public Finance - Investment Banking, said in the release. "She has a proven record of success in leading deals executions, winning new business and developing and maintaining client relationships to help the firm grow."
Kim graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. She holds Series 7, 63 and 57 licenses and serves as a volunteer career advisor for Asian Americans interested in pursuing a career in Public Finance. She is a member of many organizations including the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association and the Airports Council International.
Siebert Brandford Shank was co-founded in 1996 by Suzanne Shank, who is now majority owner of the firm, and the late Muriel Siebert, who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. It is the nation's only majority woman-, African-American-, and Latino-owned investment banking firm.
With dual headquarters in New York and Oakland, SBSCO has 17 offices in the United States, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.
