The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Suyi Kim emerges as a Navigator archetype, guiding one of the world's largest private equity programs through complex geographic, regulatory, and macroeconomic terrain with disciplined precision. In this interview, Kim traces a career shaped by curiosity-driven decision-making rather than predetermined strategy, from Seoul to Stanford to Carlisle to CPP Investments.
“So having said all those and the private equity, our mandate is to deliver actually when you look at the absolute returns, very high returns because the risk we're taking is higher.”
“They can order things. And then Amazon delivers to your door and things, but lots of B2B areas we saw that it's not digitized yet. And we're still in that journey and softwares and digitization implementation support from the companies will continue to happen. And with the AI coming in, I think the speed of that, it will be much faster.”
“Help us understand that whatever the geography, how do these ideas come across your desk? Yeah, that's a great point, Simon, because private investments I tell our team all the time that unlike public markets, the sourcing is key. It's a private investment that is not out there.”
“That's one of the key goals that I have. And also that's one of the things that as part of my PEP project, when I see our portfolio company CEOs, I oftentimes ask, have you had a chance to complement your female Or somebody who reports to you a highly talented, and how are you helping them to reach their full potential?”
Money Maze Podcast: “Insights from CPP Investments: Canada’s Largest Global Pension Fund - With Suyi Kim”
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