| Professor Yuk-shee Chan | |
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| President of the Lingnan University | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Chinese University of Hong Kong University of California at Berkeley |
| Occupation | Chair Professor of Finance (Lingnan) Professor Emeritus of the Business School (HKUST) |
Professor Chan Yuk-shee, BBS, JP (Chinese: 陳玉樹) is the current President of Lingnan University of Hong Kong. He was appointed to replace Professor Edward Chen to be the university president in 2007. Prior to joining Lingnan University, he was the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).[1]
Professor Chan received his BBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and his MBA, MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He was an Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management of the Northwestern University, and was Justin Dart Professor of Finance at USC's Marshall School of Business.
He returned to Hong Kong to help establish the business school of the HKUST in 1990. He worked as a Founding Dean of the business school and then the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the university.[2][3]
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Chen |
President of the Lingnan University 2007 – present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Albert Chan President and Vice-Chancellor Hong Kong Baptist University |
Hong Kong order of precedence President of the Lingnan University |
Succeeded by Joseph Sung Vice-Chancellor/President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong |