Master of Science - Finance / Financial Engineering

Derek Kwan
2009 Graduate of MSc Financial Engineering
Assistant Manager, Capital Market Valuation and Risk Control Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas

"The MSFE program totally changes my career path. Before achieving the master’s degree, my opportunities were limited, and I realized that just holding an engineering degree was not enough for me to survive in the financial industry. With my clear ambition in quantitative financial industry, CityU MSFE should be my definite choice. During my study, I met many well-experienced professors and practitioners from the industry. The well-tailored programme structure and the diverse student pool assured the high-quality of education. Through the program, I was equipped with the skill sets required in quantitative finance areas such as consolidating different pricing models into other structured and exotic products in the modern finance. I became a quantitative analyst in a sizable bank after my graduation and focused mainly on the model validation and structured product pricing. Currently, I am involving in market parameters construction, model verification and analysis in BNP. Although it is quite challenging, I enjoy it very much. Thanks, CityU! "