Link Alpha welcomes John Chang, formerly of Barclays and Deutsche Bank, to its board of directors.

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Link Alpha, an AI investment research platform, has appointed John Chang, a financial expert from a global investment bank (IB), as its statutory director.

The newly appointed director, Jung Chang, has been active in global financial markets for over 25 years, serving as the representative of Korea and executive for the Asia-Pacific region at Barclays and Deutsche Bank. He is currently a co-founder and general partner of Cross-border venture capital Access Venture.

Link Alpha explained that Joon Chang, who has been serving as a strategic advisor since last year to expand partnerships with global institutional investors and formulate overseas business strategies, was appointed as an executive director this time to advance the company's global growth strategy at the board level.

Link Alpha recently completed a $22 million (approximately 34 billion won) Series A round involving global financial institutional investors. The company plans to expand its AI platform business, targeting institutional investors in North America and Asia, and strengthen strategic cooperation with global financial institutional investors.

Choi Ho-jun, co-founder and CEO of Link Alpha, stated that with the joining of director John Chang to the board of directors, the company will focus on expanding cooperation with global financial institutional investors and growing into a global AI investment platform.

Newly appointed director Joon Chang said, "As a member of the board of directors, I will support expanding business targeting global financial institutional investors and advancing into overseas markets." Meanwhile, Link Alpha will conduct a 'tech-focused recruitment' centered on engineering and AI roles until August 19.

Link Alpha is a company founded by co-CEOs Choi Chan-yeol, who holds a Ph.D. from MIT, and Choi Ho-jun, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Macquarie. The firm currently operates from four global hubs — the United States, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore — and provides an AI-powered investment research platform to over 70 global financial institutional investors.

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