Yongkeun has been with ADB since April 2017 and is currently a Senior Transport Specialist in the Transport Sector Office. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST). Previously, he served as chief representative to the Philippines for the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF), the concessional development financing arm of the Republic of Korea, and worked as a senior credit officer at the Export-Import Bank of Korea.