Chan Ka-Keung Ceajer "KC"
GBS JP
陳家強
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
In office
1 July 2007  30 June 2017
Chief ExecutiveDonald Tsang
Leung Chun-ying
Preceded byFrederick Ma
Succeeded byJames Lau
Dean of Business and Management, HKUST
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byChan Yuk-shee
Succeeded byLeonard Cheng
Personal details
Born (1957-02-10) 10 February 1957
Alma materKing's College, Hong Kong
Wesleyan University
University of Chicago
KC Chan
Traditional Chinese陳家強
Simplified Chinese陈家强

Chan Ka-keung Ceajer (Traditional Chinese: 陳家強) GBS JP (born 1957),[1] also referred to as KC Chan, is the former 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. He left the government and rejoined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017.

Education

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics awarded by Wesleyan University, followed by an MBA and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago.

Career

Chan taught for nine years at Max M. Fisher College of Business in Ohio State University.[2] 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 several public service positions including chairman of the Consumer Council and director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange.[3] He was also a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee.[4]

He joined the government on 1 July 2007 when he was appointed as the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury by Donald Tsang.

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

  1. Full name and year of birth information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  2. Chan, Ceajer K.; Stulz, René M (1986). Risk and the Economy: A Finance Perspective. Ohio State University.
  3. http://www.cdeclips.com/en/hongkong/HK%27s_advantage_as_a_financial_center/fullstory_68238.html page5
  4. "Committee on Economic Development and Economic Cooperation with the Mainland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
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