Alumni Profile: Dr Andrew Lo
Dr Andrew Lo (The Oxford Senior Executive Finance Programme, 1998) and MSc Management Research, 2001) is Executive Director at UBS Hong Kong branch. He gave us his reflections in summer 2021:
Why did you choose Green Templeton for your place of study?
I chose Green Templeton College for my MSc in Management Research study without hesitation as I had previously taken the Senior Executive Finance programme at Green Templeton College which sparked my interest in finance. The college was a great place to meet other students studying at the SaĂŻd Business School and cultivated a special fellowship among us. The MSc degree turned out to be transformational as my career pivoted from engineering to finance.
Can you give an overview of your current role?
As Executive Director at UBS Hong Kong branch I advise high net worth individuals and family offices on investing and wealth management. I have a specialist interest in hedge fund and private market investing and hold the CAIA charter in alternative investment. In addition, I am a member of the workgroup on Sustainable Finance in UBS.
I have remained active with Oxford University in a number of roles. As a member of the Oxford China Advisory Group, I give advice to the university on alumni and development matters. As a committee member of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund, I help with candidate selection, fundraising and investment management. I was also a President of the local alumni association – the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Hong Kong.
What are your interests beyond work?
My hobbies are Masters swimming, tennis and wine tasting.
What would you consider your greatest achievement in life so far?
Completing my doctoral degree part time at the University of Manchester as a father working full time in banking and finance.
🌌 Last weekend, Green Templeton welcomed Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt for the latest event in our Astronomy for All series.
Professor Schmidt took a packed audience on a journey through more than 13 billion years of cosmic history, from the Big Bang to the distant future of the Universe. He explored what we know about the cosmos, how we know it and some of the biggest mysteries that remain.
The lecture was chaired by Governing Body Fellow Rob Fender, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and continued our celebration of Green Templeton’s connections with Oxford Astrophysics.
Our Oceania Alumni Group is on a roll after successful events in Sydney, Brisbane and last night in Perth.
We`re very thankful to the group`s committee for their energy, commitment and hard work in bringing the community together. It’s wonderful to see connections being strengthened, engagement growing, and the alumni community going from strength to strength.
Exciting times ahead!
If you would like to join a local alumni group, let us know!
Our EMBA and MBA alumni joined us on Friday for our last outdoor afternoon tea of the year.
Alumni from across the globe reunited with old friends, made new connections, and shared their career journeys since Oxford.
Our host, Vice Principal Professor Jonathan Reynolds, welcomed the group and shared the latest developments at Green Templeton College. Most importantly, he reminded them that here, they will always belong.
We can`t wait to welcome more of our community this week for Meeting Minds. We still have a few spaces for alumni wanting to join our college-based events (link in the comments).
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There’s lots happening behind the scenes as work continues on the Radcliffe Observatory.
Here is a peek behind the scenes at the progress so far…
A wonderful evening for the Green Templeton community in Sydney. It is always special to see alumni reconnecting and making new connections wherever they are in the world.
Thank you to Oceania Group and everyone who joined the group’s inaugural annual dinner.
The group’s next gathering takes place in Brisbane on Tuesday 8 September – another welcome opportunity for our alumni and friends in the region to connect.
A great start to what we hope will become a growing tradition for the college`s community across Oceania.
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