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Go Muramatsu

Go MuramatsuMSc Global Governance and Diplomacy, 2024

Go Muramatsu is a Japanese Government Long-Term Fellowship Program Scholar and an experienced public policy professional with a diverse background in public-private partnership (PPP), finance, and strategic policy planning. He is currently pursuing an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford. Prior to this, he served as General Deputy Director at the Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters and as Senior Deputy Director at the Public Private Partnership(PPP)/Private Finance Initiative(PFI) Promotion Office of the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan.

In his previous roles, Go led major initiatives such as contributing to Japan’s PPP/PFI Action Plan 2022 under Prime Minister Kishida’s ‘New Capitalism’ policy, investing over £176M in infrastructure projects, and revising the ‘Act on Promotion of Private Finance Initiatives.’ He also played a key role in the national response to COVID-19 by coordinating comprehensive economic measures amounting to £18B.

Go’s private sector experience includes working as a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) professional at Recruit Holdings Co., where he led managerial accounting and budgeting activities, contributed to securing funds for reinvestment and corporate acquisitions, and implemented digital transformation strategies. He holds an MSc in Financial Management with Distinction (expected) from SOAS, University of London, and a BA in Policy Science from Ritsumeikan University. Passionate about global governance and finance, he aims to contribute to sustainable development and effective policy implementation.

Contact: go.muramatsu@gtc.ox.ac.uk

Hyunji KimMSc Global Governance and Diplomacy, 2022

Hyunji will be studying Global Governance and Diplomacy at Oxford University. While her given name is Hyunji, she usually goes by Jenny, a name that used to be her stage nickname in high school. Jenny graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in International Relations. Having grown up on Jeju Island in South Korea and studied in Canada, Jenny is passionate about sustainability and zero waste. She hopes to work in the consulting sector after completing her masters at Oxford. Besides academics, Jenny is a blogger, dancer, and a solopreneur. At Oxford, she hopes to intersect international norms, Chinese politics, women’s rights, and contemporary environmental political scholarship.

Contact: hyunji.kim@gtc.ox.ac.uk

MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy
2021

Jacob Appelbaum Hi, I’m Jacob and I completed my undergraduate degree in International Studies at Leiden University in The Netherlands. Pursuing a multidisciplinary degree in International Studies allowed me to investigate topics holistically in order to uncover the interconnections between cultural norms, historical precedents, political structures, and economic imperatives.

Building upon my undergraduate experience, I am very excited to be joining the MSc Global Governance and Diplomacy course. During my time at Oxford, I plan on continuing to research topics which lay at the intersection between international relations and political economy.

Outside the classroom I enjoy playing chess with friends, traveling, cooking, and skiing. I also very much look forward to watching the debates hosted by the Oxford Union.

Contact: jacob.appelbaum@gtc.ox.ac.uk

Tamara Volozhanina, Green Templeton CollegeMSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy
2019

I am a twenty-one-year-old Russian national residing in Austria and holding a BA degree in International Affairs & Journalism from the John Cabot University, an American University in Rome. As a provincial Russian girl who graduated from an international school in Vienna, studied in Rome, New York and Brussels, and speaks Russian, English, German and a little bit of French, Arabic and Italian, I see diplomacy as a key to achieving a more normative global equilibrium and a harmonic Russia-West co-existence. Thus, I dream to work for an international organisation such as UN or OSCE, in the field of international security, conflict resolution and counter-terrorism.

As for hobbies, I enjoy ballet, writing poems and love fashion. Back in Rome, I was entirely focused on studying – and became a valedictorian of my class. However, at Oxford I really hope to pay more attention to my social life growing and be a part of the Green Templeton interconnected and loving environment.