Dr Mariko Yasu


I joined the University of Westminster as a Lecturer of Finance and Financial Markets for Westminster Business School in September 2023, after two years as an assistant professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. I completed my PhD in management at the University of Edinburgh in 2021 with a dissertation focusing on the economic implications of corporate governance reforms. Before my academic career, I was a business journalist at Bloomberg News.


My research interests are in the area of corporate governance, corporate ownership structure, corporate innovation, corporate communications and firm value.


In brief

Research areas

Corporate governance, Ownership structure and Corporate finance

Skills / expertise

Corporate finance and Corporate governance