Chen Lin - Curriculum Vitae#

Academic Positions:

• 2013 Chair Professor of Finance, University of Hong Kong
  
• 2013 Stelux Endowed Professor in Finance, University of Hong Kong
  
• Sep 2019 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Finance, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
  
• 2012 - 2013 Choh-Ming Li Professor of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  
• 2010 - 2012 Professor, Department of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Academic Administrative Positions:

• Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, 2014
  
• Member, University Selection and Promotion Committee (USPC), University of Hong Kong, 2018
  
• Member, Task Force on Graduate Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2021
  
• Chairman, Promotion and Tenure Panel, Faculty of Social Science, University of Hong Kong, 2016 - 2018
  
• Chairman, Faculty Higher Degrees Committee, FBE, University of Hong Kong, 2017
  
• Associate Director & Board member, HKU-Standard Chartered Foundation FinTech Academy, 2020
  
• Director, Doctor of Business Administration, FBE, University of Hong Kong, 2017
  
• Area Coordinator (Finance), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, 2014 - 2017
  
• Board of Management Member, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, HKU, 2018
  
• Director, Center of Financial Innovation and Development, University of Hong Kong, 2013
  
• Director, MPhil-PhD Program, Faculty of Business Administration, CUHK, 2012 - 2013
  
• Senate Member, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012 - 2013

Industry and Regulatory Positions:

• Committee Member, Currency Board Committee, Hong Kong Exchange Fund, 2016
  
• Committee Member, Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, 2021
  
• Member, Fintech Advisory Group, Hong Kong Securities and Future Commission, 2021
  
• Distinguished Scholar, China Construction Bank (CCB) University, 2018
  
• Advisory Council Member, HK Institute of Monetary Research, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 2015 - 2019
  
• Advisory Council Member, Monetary Research, Academy of Finance, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 2019
  
• Advisory Council Member, Applied Research, Academy of Finance, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 2019
  
• Member, Tenure and Promotion Panel, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Science, 2021
  
• Academic Committee Member, Institute of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises, Tsinghua University, 2019
  
• Senior Fellow, Sargent Institute of Quantitative Economics and Finance, PHBS, Peking University, 2020

Journal Editorial Board (Selected):

• Associate Editor: Management Science
  
• Associate Editor: Journal of Corporate Finance
  
• Associate Editor: Journal of Banking and Finance

Selected Recent Keynote Speech:

• 2021 The 5th Shanghai-Edinburgh-London Fintech Conference
  
• 2021 International Symposium on STEM Education, HKU Academy for the Talented
  
• 2020 China Society of World Economics International Finance Forum
  
• 2020 Global AI Conference: AI and Financial Inclusion Summit, Hangzhou
  
• 2019 E-Commerce and Poverty Reduction Conference, Alibaba Group and the World Bank Group
  
• 2019 Financial Stability Board Financial Network Conference
  
• 2019 HKU-Lingnan-Florida Platform Competition Conference
  
• 2019 China’s Financial Reforms and Economic Transformation, HKMA, DRC of the State Council and People Bank of China

Selected Grants:

• Project Coordinator and Co-PI, RGC Theme-based Research Grant ($HKD 24.4 million), “Financial Technology, Stability and Inclusion”, 2020 - 2025, T35-710/20-R, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong.
  
• Co-PI, RGC Theme-based Research Grant (HK$ 15,365,000, about 15 million HKD), “Enhancing Hong Kong's Future as a Leading International Financial Centre”, 2012 - 2017, T31-717/12-R, the first Business Theme-based Research Grant in HK, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
  
• Co-PI, RGC Research Impact Fund (HK$4.3 million), “Balancing the Opportunities and Risks of Financial Technology: FinTech Regulation and Policy”, 2019 - 2023, R7054-18, University Grants Committee, HK. PI, RGC Earmarked Competitive Research Grant (HK$ 563,518), “Credit Supply and Healthcare Service Quality”, 2020 - 2022, GRF 17505319, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
  
• PI, RGC Earmarked Competitive Research Grant (HK$ 450,000), “Credit Supply and Labor Policies”, 2019 - 2021, GRF 17505218, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
  
• PI, Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research, (HK$ 1,858,000), “Building HK as an International Financial Center: New Finance”, 2017 - 2020, University of Hong Kong
  
• PI, RGC Earmarked Competitive Research Grant (HK$ 473,885), “Do Managerial Incentives Matter? Evidence from SOE Pay-Cap Reforms in China”, 2018 - 2020, GRF 17504117, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
  
• PI, RGC Earmarked Competitive Research Grant (HK$ 762,800), “Does Corporate Governance Affect Debtholder Value? Evidence from Shareholder Voting”, 2016 - 2018, GRF17502915, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
  
• PI, RGC Earmarked Competitive Research Grant (HK$ about 540,000), “Information Asymmetry and the Financing Structure in Leveraged Buyouts”, GRF 443511, 2011 - 2013, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong

Media Coverage:

BBC World News; Bloomberg; Financial Times; The Economist; Wall Street Journal; Anti-corruption Research Network, Transparency International; Doing Business Network, World Bank; World Bank Doing Business Report, 2010 and 2011; Phoenix TV, CFA Digest, Hong Kong Satellite TV, Nomura Journal Roundup, Nomura Equity Group; Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation; Foreign Policy; South China Morning Post, VoxEU.