Teruo Nakatsuma, the Director of FinTEK, is a Professor of Econometrics and Statistics in the Faculty of Economics, Keio University. Professor Nakatsuma received his Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University in 1998. He joined the Faculty of Economics in 2000 after he worked at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University from 1998 to 2000. Professor Nakatsuma’s research focuses on Bayesian statistics, Monte Carlo simulation and numerical optimisation with applications in financial econometrics, portfolio risk management and decision making. He teaches econometrics, mathematical statistics and quantitative analysis of financial markets at Keio University.