Lee, Ki Hwan

Dean, Korea Maritime and Ocean University Graduate School of Maritime Finance

Dr. Ki Hwan Lee is currently the dean of Graduate School of Maritime Finance and a professor of 

corporate finance at Department of Shipping Management, Korea Maritime and Ocean University 

in Busan, Korea. He is also the director of Global Ship Finance Expert Training Program funded by 

Ministry of Ocean and Fishery Affairs and Korea Shipowners’ Association. He served as the dean 

of academic affairs and the dean of College of International Studies at KMOU. Before joining 

KMOU in 1995, he also worked for Korea Development Institute from 1982 to 1994. He also served 

as a member of Management Evaluation Committee of public enterprises between 2003 and 2010. 

In addition, he has served as a member of several committees of Busan Metropolitan City 

Government since 1996. He was a president of Korea Association of Financial Engineering and has 

also served as a director or an editor of many finance related academic associations since 1996.

He received his Ph.D. from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester in 1993. His 

recent research areas include shipping finance, IPOs, venture capital and entrepreneurship. In 

particular, he published many papers on the performance of venture capital-backed IPOs in the 

journals such as the Korean Management Review, Korea Venture Management Review, Korean 

Journal of Financial Management. He is recently focusing on ship finance research.