Happy New Year!

As we wrap up 2013, I wish to thank the G12 bloggers of the first year - Rangimarie, Sam, Alisha, Nam, Mami, Aiying, Amir, Hafiz (in absentia), Dina, Loan and Emily, for participating.

While the blogging guidelines were shared in the first year, I feel that it is important to include a couple of simple, mandatory rules for this blog to continue to be meaningful for all of us over the coming years.

So, here are a couple of minimum requirements for the G12 bloggers:
(1) The host of the blog for the month will ensure that they post at least once every month. More is welcomed as that month, the blog is your platform to share your voice with us and the rest of the world.
(2) The blogger of the month will introduce the blogger for the next month on the last day of their month (e.g. Jan 31) or the morning of the first day of the next month (e.g. Feb 1).

To start off 2014, we will meet up with Taku Jindo. With a double Bachelor's degree from Waseda university in computer engineering and from Washington and Lee university in business administration and management, Taku worked as a senior financial data analyst at Bloomberg for five years. He is currently undertaking his Master's studies in Economics at the London School of Economics.