Yosup Shim is the Director of Amazon Air Europe and serves on the global leadership team for Amazon Air.

Previously he led the expansion of Amazon’s last-mile operations as the Regional Director for Amazon’s West and Texas regions. Also, he led the launch of Amazon’s Prime Now business across the West region and led North American recruitment of Prime Now’s a senior operating team. Yosup joined Amazon to launch Amazon Fresh in California and led the start-up of Amazon Fresh in the Bay Area.

Prior to joining Amazon, Yosup was a vice president for J.P. Morgan asset management and was responsible for advising private and institutional clients on investment management and asset allocation.

Previous to his work at J.P. Morgan, Yosup was an officer in the United States Army and served in leadership positions across duty stations around the world. His final position was with the United States Forces Korea in Seoul, South Korea.

Yosup earned an MBA from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He and his wife met while at Duke and are proud parents of two children.