Tokyo Alumni Meet-up
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Birkbeck will be visiting Tokyo!
Dr Kenjiro Hori, Head of Education and Student Experience for the Faculty of Business and Law, will be holding alumni drinks on Tuesday 8 April from 7-9pm at The HUB Tokyo Dome City Pub - LaQua Branch (LaQua 1F,1-1-1, KASUGA, BUNKYO-KU, Tokyo, 112-0003). All Birkbeck alumni welcome!
These drinks will be a great opportunity to hear exciting updates from Birkbeck and make connections with local Birkbeck alumni.
Dr Kenjiro Hori
Ken joined Birkbeck in 2004 after completing a PhD in Economics at the University of Cambridge. His main teaching has been on the MSc level, namely Microeconomics for MSc Economics and Financial Markets for MSc Finance, although he has also taught modules including Mathematical Finance and Quantitative Techniques.
Prior to his post-graduate studies, Ken graduated from the University of Cambridge in Mathematics and worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank) throughout the 1990s, first as a Financial Engineer in Tokyo and then as a Quantitative Analyst / Exotic Options Trader in the City of London. Ken is a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.
Ken's main research area has progressed from Search Theory (his PhD topic) to incentive in banking (in particular relating to Contingent Convertible Bonds), to more recently, pension reform.
After many years as the Head of Department of Economics, Ken is now the Head of Education and Student Experience for the Faculty of Business and Law.
Contact name:
Magda Joshi