Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

Yasuyuki Goto (Hopkins-Nanjing Center, ‘10) recently established the Yasuyuki Goto fellowship for students at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. In the interview below, he shared his impressive career trajectory in international finance, his passion about working as a bridge between the East and West in finance, his HNC story, along with his reasons for giving back to the community. Yasuyuki with his classmates at the HNC, wearing the class shirt he designed  Could you talk a bit about your career after the Hopkins-Nanjing Center? After graduating from the HNC in 2010, I returned to Tokyo to start my finance career, working at Macquarie Bank as a junior equity analyst covering commodity sectors in Japan. In the process, I discovered my interest in asset management, and switched to the so-called “buy-side”, working at the Tokyo office of PIMCO, an American investment management firm. After that, I worked at Blackstone Group, fundraising for Blackstone’s private funds from Japanese investor...

With more and more international students back on campus and Chinese students coming back after the Spring Festival holiday, the HNC has been getting livelier day by day. A highlight of the semester for many students has been the interest group classes organized for students to learn erhu 二胡, ping-pong and calligraphy. Students reflect on what they have learned in these classes, and the sense of community they create. For the Spring semester, the HNC has invited some teachers to offer interest courses in calligraphy, erhu and ping-pong. With a steady flow of international and Chinese students arriving at the Center, on-campus students have the opportunity to spend more time together and learn a new skill. The interest group classes are a great way to make new friends, take a break from studying, and engage more with Chinese culture. Joe Baldock (MAIS’ 2023), Yu Jie 郁杰 (Certificate’ 2023), Chris Hankin (MAIS’ 2024) and Sophia Pradels (MAIS’ 2024) reflect on the classes they are taking. ...