Professor Ceajer Chan Ka-keung (“Prof. K.C. Chan”) is the Chairman and a non-executive director of WeLab Bank Limited and Senior Advisor of WeLab Holdings Limited, a leading fintech company in Asia with one of the first virtual banks established in Hong Kong.
Prof. K.C. Chan was appointed as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from July 2007 to June 2017. Prior to that, he was Dean of Business and Management in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”). He is currently an Adjunct Professor and a Senior Advisor to the Dean at HKUST Business School.
Prof. K.C. Chan received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago. He specialized in assets pricing, evaluation of trading strategies and market efficiency and has published numerous articles on these topics.
Prof. K.C. Chan is a member of the Competition Commission and a director of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute. In the past, he held a number of public service positions including Chairman of the Consumer Council, a director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a non-executive director of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, and a member of the Commission on Strategic Development, Commission on Poverty, the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, the Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, and the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation.
Prof. K.C. Chan is currently an independent non-executive director of Langham Hospitality Investments and Langham Hospitality Investments Limited (stock code: 1270), Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited (stock code: 1788), China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (stock code: 688), NWS Holdings Limited (stock code: 659), and Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (stock code: 1725) all of which are Hong Kong listed public companies. He is also an independent non-executive director of CMB International Capital Corporation Limited and Greater Bay Area Homeland Investments Limited.