International Trade and Tariff Economics

Dorian Klein has over 40 years of senior management experience in international investment banking and finance in a variety of positions and institutions, including as head of European structured finance for Merrill Lynch and partner and Japan head for TTG Ltd. During this time, Klein spent 25 years in London, as well as in New York and Tokyo, and was responsible or involved in the execution of over 800 transactions in every area of capital markets. Klein is currently a director on several public and private boards, including as chairman of Verida IFN SA and Alfieri SA, as well as a private equity and venture capital investor. Klein has founded or co-founded several companies in the financial and finance technology sectors and co-authored a book on financial technology (fintech). He is also currently managing a family office. Since 2013, Klein has been indulging his passion for teaching and academia as a faculty member in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, teaching a course on capital markets and the financial crisis, as well as several courses at the Harvard Extension School. Klein is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Business School and was a Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow in 2013.