Research Faculty
Jan Bena, Division Chair
jan.bena@sauder.ubc.ca
Instructors
Emeritus Faculty
Students - PhD
Percy (Xuhui) Chen
BA (Southwest University)
Research Interests: Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance
Email: xuhui.chen@sauder.ubc.ca
Khalil Esmkhani
BSc, MSc (Sharif University of Technology), MSc (Arizona State) PhD Candidate
Xuejing Joyce Guan
BCom, MA (Toronto) PhD Candidate
Research Interests:Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance
Email: joyce.guan@sauder.ubc.ca
Xiyue (Ellen) Li
BS, BMgt (Nankai), MSc (British Columbia) PhD Candidate
Research Interests: Corporate Finance
Email: xiyue.li@sauder.ubc.ca
Xing Liu
BA (Renmin), MFin (Tsinghua) PhD Student
Research Interests: Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Corporate Governance
Email: xing.liu@sauder.ubc.ca
Dongliang Lu
BS (Shanghai Jiaotong), MS (Columbia) PhD Student
Research Interests: Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation
Email: dongliang.lu@sauder.ubc.ca
Juan Martin Rinaldi
BA (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba), MSc (Universidad Torcuato di Tella)
Research Interests: Asset Pricing, Macro Finance
Julian Vahl
BSc (Tuebingen), MSc (Vienna University of Economics and Business) PhD Candidate
Research Interests: Asset Pricing
Email: julian.vahl@sauder.ubc.ca
Jin (Iris) Wang
BCom (British Columbia), MSc (Queen's) PhD Candidate
Research Interests: Corporate Finance; Shareholder Activism; Institutional Investors; Executive Compensation
Email: iris.wang@sauder.ubc.ca
Zhanbing Xiao
BA (Xi'an Jiaotong), MPhil (Chinese U. of Hong Kong) PhD Candidate
Research Interests: Banking; Financial Intermediation; Institutional Investors
Email: zhanbing.xiao@sauder.ubc.ca
Shiqi Zhang
BEcon (Central University of Finance and Economics), MS (Peking), PhD Student
Research Interests: Asset Pricing
Email: shiqi.zhang@sauder.ubc.ca
Keling Zheng
BEng (Nanjing), MSc (British Columbia) PhD Student
Research Interests: Asset Pricing
Email: keling.zheng@sauder.ubc.ca
Students - past placements
| 2020 | Guangli Lu | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
| 2019 | Jiri Knesl | University of Oxford |
| Terry Zhang | Australian National University | |
| 2018 | Jinfei Sheng | University of California - Irvine |
| 2017 | Charles Martineau | University of Toronto - Rotman |
| Ercos Valdivieso | Sung Kyun Kwan University | |
| Kairong Xiao | Columbia University | |
| Sheng-Jun Xu | University of Alberta | |
| Ting Xu | University of Virginia - Darden | |
| 2016 | Alexandre Corhay | University of Toronto - Rotman |
| Haibo Jiang | Tulane University | |
| 2015 | Milka Dimitrova | CUNEF |
| Alejandra Medina | OECD | |
| Gonzalo Morales | University of Alberta | |
| 2013 | Vincent Gregoire | University of Melbourne |
| Pablo Moran | University of Calgary | |
| Alberto Romero | Bank of Mexico | |
| 2012 | Michael J. Mueller | Bank of Canada |
| Thomas Ruf | University of New South Wales | |
| 2011 | Zhongzhi Song | Cheung Kong, China |
| Shubo Wang | Vanderbilt | |
| Feng Zhang | University of Utah | |
| 2010 | Oliver Boguth | Arizona State University |
| Mike Simutin | University of Toronto | |
| 2009 | Huasheng Gao | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| David Newton | Concordia University | |
| Kyung Shim | University of New South Wales | |
| 2008 | Julian Douglass | Barclays Group |
| Charles Gaa | University of Oregon | |
| Lars-Alexander Kuehn | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| 2007 | Jeff Colpitts | UBS |
| 2006 | Jan Schneider | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2005 | Amir Barnea | University of Texas at Austin |
| Sean Finucane | University of Exeter | |
| Longkai Zhao | Beijing University | |
| 2004 | Issouf Soumare | Laval University |
| 2003 | Xifeng Diao | University of Calgary |
| Amir Rubin | Simon Fraser University | |
| Joshua Slive | HEC Montreal | |
| 2002 | Stephen Burke | Phillips, Hager & North |
| Daniel Smith | Simon Fraser University | |
| James Storey | Royal Bank of Canada | |
| 2001 | Lorenzo Garlappi | University of Texas at Austin |
| Yonggan Zhao | Nanyang Technological University | |
| 2000 | Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya | University of Manitoba |
| Yinghu Liu | Wells Fargo Bank | |
| Jacob Sagi | University of California, Berkeley | |
| Patrick Savaria | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | |
| 1999 | Nathalie Moyen | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| David Peterson | QuIC Financial Technologies | |
| 1998 | Murray Carlson | University of Texas at Austin |
| Mary Kelly | Wilfrid Laurier University | |
| Lisa Kramer | University of Toronto | |
| 1997 | Khang Min Lee | |
| 1996 | Bryan R. Routledge | Carnegie Mellon University |
Students - job candidates
2022 Job Market Candidates
Xing Liu
Finance
Previous degrees:
- M.A. Finance, Tsinghua University, PBC School of Finance
- B.A. Economics (Track: Insurance), Renmin University of China
Research interests: Insurance, InsurTech, FinTech, Consumer and Household Finance, Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Private Equity
Supervisory Committee Members: Jan Bena (Chair), Will Gornall, and Sabrina T. Howell (NYU)
Iris Wang
Finance
Previous degrees:
- Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
M.Sc. in Business Economics - University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
B.Com. in Finance (with Honours)
Research interests: Empirical Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Labor Finance, Venture Capital, FinTech
Supervisory Committee Members: Li Kai (Co-Chair), Jan Bena (Co-Chair), Bian Bo, Ralph Winter
Zhanbing Xiao
Finance
Previous degrees:
- B.S. Economics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2011 - 2015.
- MPhil. Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015 - 2017.
Research interests: Climate Finance; ESG; Big Data; Financial Institutions
Supervisory Committee Members : Supervisor: Hernan Ortiz-Molina; Committee Members: Kai Li, Isha Agarwal, Thomas Davidoff, Xin Zheng
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F +1 604.822.4695Sally Bei, Division Assistant
sally.bei@sauder.ubc.ca