Soyoung Kim is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Seoul National University. He was the 10th Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission, and the First Chairman of the Virtual Asset Committee (in the FSC) in Korea.
He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Prior to his current position, he was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Korea University.
He has received research awards such as the Arnould O. Beckman Research Award, the Tae Sung Kim Research Award for the best Korean economist under age 40, the Chung Ram Research Award for the most distinguished Korean economist under age 45, the NEAR Research Award, the Maeil Business Newspaper Economist Award, and the Korean Economy Research Award.
He was listed as one of the 100 most promising talents in Korea by the Donga Daily Newspaper and one of the most powerful economists in their 30s and 40s by Chosun Biz.
He has been involved with various institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, Bank for International Settlements, AMRO, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute, Bank of Spain, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, National Economic Advisory Council, Bank of Korea, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, AIRI, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Statistics Korea, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Princeton University, National Research Foundation, CEPR, and the University of Southern California under various designations.
His research areas include International Finance/Open Economy Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, and Financial Economics.
He was a Managing Editor of the Seoul Journal of Economics and the Asian Economic Journal, and an Associate Editor of various journals including the Journal of Macroeconomics. He has published research articles in numerous journals including the Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. His research articles have been cited more than 7,300 times (Google Scholar).
He is the President of Korea KAEA and Korea IEFS.
During his tenure as Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, he promoted many innovative financial policies, such as advancing capital markets (including the corporate ‘Value-Up’ program), introducing the Youth Leap Account, institutionalizing virtual assets, promoting financial globalization, improving management, sales practices, and systems of commercial banks, reforming insurance markets and companies, and preparing financial policies for demographic change, climate change, and technological development.
김소영 교수는 현재 서울대학교 경제학부에 재직 중이다. 제10대 금융위원회 부위원장, 증권선물위원회 위원장, 그리고 초대 가상자산위원회 위원장(금융위내)을 역임했다.
예일대학교에서 경제학 박사 학위를 취득하였으며, 스페인 중앙은행 (Bank of Spain)에서 연구위원으로, 미국 일리노이대학교 어바나-샴페인 캠퍼스(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)와 고려대학교에서 교수로 재직했다.
Arnould O. Beckman 연구상, 김태성학술상, 청람학술상, NEAR 연구상, 매경이코노미스트상, 한국경제학술상 등 많은 학술상을 수상하였으며, ‘10년 후 한국을 빛낼 100인’ (동아일보), ’30 40 파워이코노미스트’ (조선비즈) 등에 선정되었다.
국제통화기금(IMF), 국제결제은행(BIS), AMRO, 아시아개발은행(ADB), 아시아개발은행연구소(ADBI), 홍콩통화연구소(HKIMR), 국민경제자문회의, 한국은행, 대한상공회의소, AIRI, 기획재정부, 보건복지부, 통계청, 홍콩과학기술대학 (HKUST), 프린스턴 대학교 (Princeton University), 한국연구재단, 남가주대학(USC), CEPR 등 다양한 국내외 기관과 자문 등 다양한 형태로 협력해왔다.
주요 연구 분야는 국제금융, 화폐금융, 개방경제 거시경제학 등이다.
Seoul Journal of Economics와 Asian Economic Journal의 편집장을 역임했으며, Journal of Macroeconomics를 포함한 다수 학술지의 편집위원으로 활동했다. 다수의 연구 논문들이 Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 등 주요 학술지에 게재되었으며, Google Scholar 기준 7,300회 이상 인용되었다.
한국한미경제학회와 한국 IEFS의 회장을 맡고 있다.
금융위원회 부위원장 재임 중 자본시장 선진화-밸류업, 청년도약계좌, 가상자산 제도화, 금융글로벌화, 은행 경영·영업 관행 및 제도 개선 TF, 보험개혁회의, 인구구조 변화·기후변화·기술발전 등 미래 변화에 대한 금융정책 등 다양한 혁신적인 정책을 주도하였다.