A warm welcome to Professor Kalok Chan who took up the Deanship of the College of Business on 1st
November. Professor Chan joins CityU at a time of great opportunity as the business and educational worlds return
to "live mode" after the constraints of the past few years, and brings a wealth of experience in business school
leadership to the College of Business.
Professor Chan joins us from the Chinese University of Hong Kong where he was Wei Lun Professor of Finance,
serving as Dean of CUHK Business School from 2014 to 2019, and Chairman of the Department of Finance from
2021 to 2023.
Before that he worked as the Synergis-Geoffrey Yeh Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology, where he served as the Head of Finance Department (2003-2013) and Acting Dean of HKUST
Business School (2013-14). He was the Founding Director of the HKUST-NYU Stern Joint Master in Global Finance
programme. Prior to joining HKUST, he was an Associate Professor of Finance at Arizona State University.
Professor Chan obtained his BSSc in Economics from CUHK, and PhD in Finance from Ohio State University. As a
leading scholar and a prominent researcher, he has published in numerous top ranked finance journals, and has
been ranked as the top finance researcher in the Asia-Pacific region. His research interests focus on dynamics of
asset prices, derivatives, market micro-structure, and international financial markets.
Active on several public bodies in Hong Kong, Professor Chan is a past President of the Asian Finance Association,
and currently serves on a number of committees including the Human Capital Committee of Hong Kong Financial
Services and Development Council, TraHK Supervisory Committee, Hong Kong Academy of Finance and HKIMR
Council of Advisers for Applied Research.
The College looks forward with keen anticipation to working with Professor Chan over the coming years.
