Ceajer Chan Ka-keung (
Traditional
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Chinese
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: 陳家強)
GBS JP (born 1957), also referred to as KC Chan, is the former
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, head of Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for the monitoring of financial services sector and maintaining the assets of the government. ...
in the
Government of Hong Kong
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. He is also the ''ex officio'' chairman of the
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon– ...
, 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
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in 2017.
Education
He holds a
bachelor's degree
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in economics awarded by
Wesleyan University
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, followed by an
MBA
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and a Ph.D. in finance from the
University of Chicago
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.
Career
Chan taught for nine years at
Max M. Fisher College of Business
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in
Ohio State University
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. In 1993 he was named
Dean
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Titles
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of
Business/Management and Professor of Finance at the
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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.
Before joining the government, Chan held several public service positions including chairman of the Consumer Council and director of the
Hong Kong Futures Exchange
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. He was also a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee.
He joined the government on 1 July 2007 when he was appointed as the
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, head of Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for the monitoring of financial services sector and maintaining the assets of the government. ...
by
Donald Tsang
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...
.
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
External links
Professor K.C. Chan biodatafrom the Hong Kong government
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Kakeung
1957 births
Living people
Government officials of Hong Kong
Alumni of King's College, Hong Kong
Academic staff of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wesleyan University alumni
University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Chan, K. C.
Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026
Ohio State University faculty