Mr. Kwok-Chuen KWOK
Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Academy of Finance
Executive Director, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research
Mr. Kwok has been an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong since November 2008 and has been the AsiaGlobal Fellows Program Director of the Asia Global Institute since March 2018.
He was an Independent Non-Executive Director of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. (2012 – 2020), the Government Economist of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government (2004 – 2008) and the Regional Chief Economist of Standard Chartered Bank for East Asia (1991 – 2004). He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR) (2007 – 2014) and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee (EFAC) Currency Board Sub-Committee (2011 – 2016). He also served as a member of a number of Government boards and committees, and educational institutes.
He was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 1999 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2003 by the HKSAR Government, in recognition of his long and dedicated public service. He also received the “40 Under 40 Distinguished Alumni Award” in 2007 from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong.
Mr Kwok holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Philosophy degree in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Master of Social Science degree in Public Administration from the University of Hong Kong.