Ning Zhu

Ning Zhu is a Deputy Dean and Oceanwide Professor of Finance at the PBoC School of Finance, Tsinghua University and a professor at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai JiaoTong University, and a Special Term Professor of Finance at University of California and at GuangHua School of Management at Beijing University.

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He is also a faculty fellow at the Yale University International Center for Finance and Dean’s Scholar in Finance at University of California. Prior to coming back to Asia and founding SAIF, he was a tenured professor of finance at University of California.

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Professor Zhu is an internationally recognized expert in behavioral finance, Chinese economic and financial reform, investments, and corporate finance. He has published numerous articles in leading journals in the finance, economics, management and legal fields and won various awards for his research and teaching excellence.

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He commands extensive consulting experiences advising international organizations, such as the World Bank and IMF; central banks, market regulators, and securities exchanges around the globe; and some of the largest institutional money managers and investment banks in the world. He also sits on many corporate boards and advisory boards of academic, policy, and practitioner institutions.

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During his leave from the University of California, he implemented his research into practice and held leading positions at Lehman Brothers and Nomura International in Hong Kong. He sits on the board of several leading financial companies in China.

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Professor Zhu is widely regarded as a leading expert on Chinese economics and finance by the media. He has been regularly interviewed by leading TV programs, in both Chinese and English, and featured as event keynote speakers. He contributes regularly to columns at the China Daily, Financial Times (Chinese), and Sina Finance, the largest Chinese online financial website.

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Professor Zhu is the author of the Chinese best sellers The Investors’ Enemy on behavioral finance and China’s Guaranteed Bubble, on the implicit guarantees in Chinese financial reform and stability. Both books are being translated into several other languages. He has won numerous prizes for his excellence in research, teaching, and publications. Professor Zhu Ning's China’s Guaranteed Bubble was rewarded as the 3rd Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award, the most prestigious reward in the field of Chinese economics. This biennial award is divided into economic book section and economic thesis section. Professor Zhu was awarded in the economic book section.

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Ning Zhu received his B. Econ. Degree from Beijing University, Master of Science degree from Cornell University (NY), and Ph.D. degree (finance) from Yale University (CT).