Ceajer Chan Ka-keung (

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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

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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 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution ...

in 2017.

Education

He holds a

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in economics awarded by

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, followed by an

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and a Ph.D. in finance from the

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Career

Chan taught for nine years at

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. In 1993 he was named

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of Business/Management and Professor of Finance at the

. Before joining the government, Chan held several public service positions including chairman of the Consumer Council and director of the

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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

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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

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Professor K.C. Chan biodata
from 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