Comings & Goings

Comings & Goings

Comings

We welcome our new faculty who joined us between April 2016 and August 2016.

Dr So-yean Kwack Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy

Dr Kwack received her PhD in Accounting from Temple University and MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Before joining CityU, she worked in the Financial Controls Department at HSBC Korea for four years, where she carried out financial reporting and internal control work. Her primary research interest is in corporate governance, including executive compensation, audit committees, and top management teams.

Dr Hongseok Choi Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance

Dr Choi received his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. For undergraduate studies he went to Seoul National University, where he received a BSc in Physics and a BA in Economics. His research interests are asset pricing, portfolio choice, and decision making under ambiguity.

Dr Wonsang Ryu Assistant Professor, Department of Management

Dr Ryu received his PhD in Strategic Management from Purdue University. Before his doctoral study, he obtained his master's degree in Statistics from Stanford University and BA in Economics from Yonsei University. He has also worked at Accenture Strategy Group and Monitor Consulting as a strategy consultant. His current research mainly focuses on competitive dynamics in R&D alliances.

Dr Jing Wu Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences

Dr Wu received his PhD in Business Operations from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he also received his MBA. His research interests include supply chain management, interfaces between operations and finance, economic networks, and asset pricing. Prior to joining CityU, he was a quantitative strategist at Deutsche Bank in New York and a business analyst at McKinsey & Co in Shanghai. Dr Wu obtained his bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Dr Wenfeng Wang Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy

Dr Wang received his PhD in Accounting from the University of Maryland College Park. His current research focuses primarily on how financial reporting quality affects resource allocation efficiency in the economy, and the determinants and consequences of an audit market structure.

Dr Kyoung-yong Kim Assistant Professor, Department of Management

Dr Kim received his PhD in Management from the University of Houston. His research interests include strategic human resource management, employee-employer relationships, and leadership. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal of Organizational Behavior, among others.

Dr Zhankun Sun Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences

Dr Sun received his PhD in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Before his doctoral study, he obtained his BE in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University. His research interests are within the area of modeling, analysis, and control of stochastic systems. He is particularly interested in applications that arise from healthcare operations.

Dr Huazhong Zhao Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing

Dr Zhao received his PhD in Marketing from the University of Florida. He obtained his master's and bachelor's degrees from Oxford University and Tsinghua University. His research focuses on advertising, digital entertainment and social media strategies.

Goings

We extend all best wishes for future happiness, professional fulfilment and prosperity to faculty who left us during the same period.

Professor Kwok-kee Wei Chair Professor in the Department of Information Systems
Dean of the College of Business (2007-2012)

The College of Business bids a fond farewell to Professor Kwok-kee Wei, Chair Professor in the Department of Information Systems, and our previous Dean of the College of Business (2007-2012). KK led the College in an era of great expansion and success. Under his leadership Hong Kong Government research grant awards nearly doubled, and there was a near 25 percent increase in SSCI/SCI publications, helping the College move up more than 30 places in the UTD business school research rankings. During his time, the International DBA (IDBA) was launched, CB's Centre for Advanced Business Research and Executive Education (Shenzhen) was opened, and CB attained EQUIS 5-Year accreditation for the first time. KK's achievements were recognised when he was presented with the LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in Information Systems, by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2015. We thank KK for his exceptional contribution to the College over the years, and wish him the very best for his future endeavours.

Professor Kin-keung Lai Chair Professor, Department of Management Sciences
Professor Paul Benjamin Lowry Professor,Department of Information Systems
Dr Reuben Mondejar Associate Professor, Department of Management
Dr Joseph Atkins Johnston Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy
Dr Yupeng Lin Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy
Dr Yue Zhang Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy
Dr Hao Zhang Associate Professor, Department of Accountancy
Dr Aurelia Mok Assistant Professor, Deaprtment of Management
Mrs Teresa Hou Ng Kit-yee Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences