KC Chan
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Prof. KC Chan Ceajer Chan Ka-keung SBS, JP | |
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| 陳家強 | |
| Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2007 | |
| President | Donald Tsang Leung Chun-ying |
| Preceded by | Frederick Ma |
| Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at the HKUST | |
| In office 2001–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Chan Yuk-shee |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Cheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1957 |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University University of Chicago |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳家強 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈家强 | ||||||||||
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Professor Ka-keung Ceajer Chan (Traditional Chinese: 陳家強), SBS, JP (born 1957),[1] most commonly referred to by his initials K. C. Chan, is the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in the Government of Hong Kong. He is also the ex-officio chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, and an ex-officio member of the Hong Kong International Theme Parks Board of Directors.
Education
He holds a bachelor degree in economics awarded by Wesleyan University, followed by an MBA and a PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago.
Career
Chan taught for nine years at Ohio State University. In 1993 he was named Dean of Business/Management and Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
"Before joining the government, Chan held a number of public service positions including chairman of the Consumer Council and director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange."[2] He was also a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee.[3]
He joined the government on July 1, 2007.
List of publications
- Chan, K.C., Karolyi, G.A. & Stulz, R.M., "Global financial markets and the risk premium on U.S. equity", Journal of Financial Economics 32 (2), 1992, pp. 137–167
- Chan, K.C., Chen, N. & Hsieh, D.A., "An exploratory investigation of the firm size effect", Journal of Financial Economics 14 (3), 1985, pp. 451–47
References
- ^ Full name and year of birth information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ^ http://www.cdeclips.com/en/hongkong/HK%27s_advantage_as_a_financial_center/fullstory_68238.html page5
- ^ Committee on Economic Development and Economic Cooperation with the Mainland
External links
- Professor K.C. Chan biodata from the Hong Kong government