Dr Yoshikatsu Shinozawa

Yoshikatsu received his Ph.D. with specialisations in financial institutions and organisational form, from the University of Nottingham.  

He also holds an M.B.A from the London Business School. He was formerly a lecturer in corporate finance in Loughborough University and taught various undergraduate and post-graduate modules in the area of finance.  Prior to academia, Yoshikatsu lived and worked in Tokyo and London for nine years where he was a fund manager in a Japanese asset management firm. His main research interests lie in asset management firms and their products. 

Recently he has developed a special interest in the areas of corporate governance, and the banking industry in Japan. His research topics in these areas have attracted grants from the Japan Foundation Endowment Committee (UK) and the British Academy.  His works resulted in publications in journals such as Corporate Governance: An International Review, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, and Journal of Management Studies.

Dr Shinozawa's research interests lie in asset management firms and their products. Recently he has developed a special interest in the areas of corporate governance, and the banking industry in Japan.