Ishita Sen

Ishita Sen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit. She teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Sen’s research focuses on financial intermediation, asset pricing, and insurance markets. In her current research, she studies how inconsistencies in regulation restrict risk management, how capital regulation affects the insurance product market, and more recently, the agency problems associated with the use of internal models for asset valuation. Professor Sen holds a PhD in Finance from the London Business School.

Research Areas: Financial Intermediation; Financial Regulation; Insurance Markets; Empirical Asset Pricing

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Finance Harvard Business School (2019)
• PhD Candidate in Finance London Business School (2013 — 2019)
• PhD Research Intern Bank of England (2015 — 2017)
• Consultant, Asset Allocation Aviva Investors (2012 — 2013)
• Fixed Income Research Analyst LNG Capital LLP (Credit Hedge Fund) (2011 — 2012)
• Digital Data Analytics Citi (2010 — 2011)
• Credit Risk Management Analytics Genpact Analytics (2006 — 2010)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Finance London Business School (2013 — 2019)