Chen Lin
Chair of Finance & Stelux Professor in Finance, University of Hong Kong
Lin Chen is the Chair of Finance and Stelux Professor in Finance at University of Hong Kong, where he also serves as Associate Vice President, Associate Dean (Business School), Director of Centre for Financial Innovation and Development, Director of DBA programme, and Associate Director of HKU-SCF FinTech Academy.
Lin currently serves on several advisory and statutory bodies, including the Task Force on Web3 Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Central Bank Digital Currency Expert Group of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Fintech Advisory Group of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, and the Council of Advisors of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance.
He has published extensively in top science, finance, accounting, management, law and economics journals. His papers also received various awards, including the Jensen Prize for the Best Papers Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate Finance and Organizations. His research in Fintech and digital finance has received major grants from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and the NSFC of China. Professor Lin’s works and views have been presented in the world’s top universities and institutions such as the World Bank, IMF, WTO, ADB, BIS, Federal Reserve System, People’s Bank of China, Development Research Center of the State Council; and covered by international media such as the Economist, Wall Street Journal and Forbes.
