Robert Kosowski is director of the Risk Management Lab and Centre for Hedge Fund Research and Assistant Professor in the Finance Group of Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London.

Robert Kosowski's research interests include asset pricing and financial econometrics with a focus on hedge funds, mutual funds, performance measurement, business cycles and derivative trading strategies.

Robert's research has been published in top peer-reviewed finance journals such as The Journal of Finance and The Journal of Financial Economics and has been featured in publications such as The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. Robert's research was awarded the European Finance Association 2007 Best Paper Award, an INQUIRE UK 2008 best paper award, an INQUIRE Europe 2009 best paper award and the British Academy's mid-career fellowship (2011-2012).

Prior to joining Imperial College London Robert was an Assistant Professor of Finance at INSEAD where he taught in the MBA, Executive Education and PhD programs. Robert was a visiting scholar at the UCSD Economics Department (2000) and the International Monetary Fund (2008). At Imperial Robert teaches in the MSc Financial Engineering  and Risk Management and the MSc Finance.

Robert holds a BA (First Class Honours) and MA in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and a MSc in Economics and PhD from the London School of Economics.

Robert has consulted for private and public sector organizations and has worked for Goldman Sachs, the Boston Consulting Group and Deutsche Bank. His policy related advisory work includes: Specialist Adviser to UK House of Lords (2009-2010), Expert Technical Consultant (International Monetary Fund, USA, 2008). Robert is a member of AIMA's and PRMIA's research committees.