CEAM people

Matthias Büchner is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Endowment Asset Management. His research focusses on applications of machine learning to investment management. Previously, he has undertaken a PhD in Finance & Econometrics at Warwick University, part of which was spent as a Visiting Scholar at the Yale School of Management. Matthias holds an MSc in Financial Mathematics from University College London (UCL) and a BSc in Physics from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Zhenkai is an MRes student at the Cambridge Judge Business School, who is partially funded by a CEAM grant. He holds an MPhil in Economic Research at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance, financial intermediation, and empirical behavioural finance.

Dr Bradley Jones is Head of the International Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia. In this role he advises the Governors and Board on international developments and oversees the management of the Bank’s foreign exchange reserves and its engagement with international institutions. Prior to joining the RBA, he was a senior advisor for five years at the IMF in Washington DC, and before that, spent a decade at Deutsche Bank in London and Hong Kong in research and trading roles. He has a first-class honours degree in economics and a PhD in international finance. He is a research affiliate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a fellow at the Judge Business School Centre for Endowment Asset Management.

Hiromichi (Hiro) Mizuno is the former Chief Investment Officer of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Mr Mizuno led GPIF, the world’s largest pension fund, to embrace a long-term vision with a commitment to sustainable investing. He serves on the boards of Tesla and the Principles for Responsible Investment, and is an advisor to the World Economic Forum, Milken Institute, CFA Institute, and several Japanese government ministries. Prior to joining GPIF, Mr Mizuno was a partner of Coller Capital, a London-based private equity firm.

Dr Harald Lohre is Director of Research at Invesco Quantitative Strategies. He leads the Frankfurt Research Team and is a member of the management team responsible for strategic planning and direction. His work has been published widely in academic and practitioner journals, and he is the winner of The Sir Clive Granger Memorial Best Paper Prize. In addition to being a Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, Harald is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre of Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy at Lancaster University Management School, and he serves on the research committee of Inquire Europe as well as the editorial board of the Journal of Systematic Investing.

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Dr Adam Reed researches asset pricing, with a focus on short selling. His work has been published in the top finance journals, and it has featured the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Adam has won a number of research awards and teaching awards, and he was named one of “The World’s Best 40 B-School Profs Under the Age of 40” by Poets & Quants and Fortune. He served as a research consultant for the US Securities and Exchange Commission and as a member of the board directors for a number of organizations. Adam received a bachelors degree in mathematics and economics with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctorate in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Paul joined Clare College as Bursar in September 2013, prior to which he served as Bursar of Corpus Christi College for five years. Paul has a wealth of knowledge and experience derived from nearly three decades working in professional investment management, including Putnam Investments in Boston where he was CEO of Global and US Core equities.