Chen Lin#
| Membership Number: | 6263 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.hkubs.hku.hk/people/chen-lin/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4205-8633 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Associate Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong
- 2013 - present Stelux Professor in Finance, The University of Hong Kong
- 2021 - present Committee Member, Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee
- 2020 - present Associate Director & Board Member, HKU-Standard Chartered Foundation FinTech Academy
- 2019 - present Advisory Council Member, Academy of Finance, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
- 2016 - present Committee Member, Currency Board Committee, Hong Kong Exchange Fund
Fields of Scholarship
- Financial technology
- Banking and Financial institutions
- Corporate finance
- Law and finance
- Green finance and ESG
- Finance and economic development
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
Honours and Awards
- 2021, Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh
- 2021, Associate Chair, SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific, Society for Financial Studies.
- 2021, Co-PI of NSFC Major Research Grant, “Anti-trust theories and applications in the digital economy", National Natural Science Foundation of China.
- 2020, Project Coordinator and Co-PI of RGC Theme-based Research Grant, “Financial Technology, Stability and Inclusion”, 2020-2025, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong.
- 2020, Ant Financial Group Open Research Peak Initiative Pioneering Award
- 2020, Senior Fellow, Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance, PHBS, Peking University
- 2019, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Finance, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
- 2018, Distinguished Scholar, China Construction Bank (CCB) University.
- 2016, Nominator of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2015, All Star Paper Award by Journal of Financial Economics
- 2014, Hong Kong Asian Capital Market Research Prize, CFA Institute and HKSFA
- 2014, Chicago Quantitative Alliance Asian Academic Competition Award
- 2012 - 2013, Choh-Ming Li Professorship of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- 2012 - 2017, Co-PI, RGC Theme-based Research Grant, "Enhancing Hong Kong's Future as a Leading International Financial Centre", University Grants Committee, Hong Kong.
- 2011, Jensen Prize (First Prize) for the Best corporate finance Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics
