Professor
Business Strategy Area
Teaching:
Finance I (Corporate Finance)
Finance II (Valuation)
Finance III (Investment Finance)
Finance Seminar I
Ph.D. Institute of Science Tokyo
M.B.A. Stanford Graduate School of Business
M.E. Waseda University
Keisuke Ito joined the Graduate School of Business Sciences at the University of Tsukuba in April 2025. Prior to this, he worked for Mizuho Group for 34 years, primarily in the financial engineering and investment advisory division, and has 21 years of management experience. His professional activities include serving on the board of CFA Society Japan (2003-2012), including two years as the society’s president, serving on the Educational Advisory Board of CFA Institute (2012-2017), serving as co-editor of Gendai Finance (2007-present), serving on the editorial committee of the Securities Analysts Journal (2006-present), and serving on the board of directors at Nippon Finance Association (2016-present). His publications include “Security Investment Theory II” (Nikkei Publishing, co-authored) and he is a recipient of the Security Analysts Journal Award in 1996.