Education
ESSEC Business School, Ph.D. in Business Administration, Finance, June 2018
ESSEC Business School, Master Specialise Business Administration Research, 2013 – 2015
HKUST, Master of Science in Finance – Investment Management, 2010 – 2012
HKUST, B.B.A in Finance (minor Mathematics) with First Class Honors, 2004 – 2008
UC, Berkeley, International Student Exchange Program, Jan – May 2007
Research interests
Empirical Corporate Finance, Shareholder Activism, Institutional Shareholders, Empirical Corporate
Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Executive Compensation
Media Exposure, Innovation.
Working papers
Environmental, Social and Governance Proposals and Shareholder Activism
Effective Activism: Sponsor Identity in Environmental and Social Proposal Filing
SRI Investments during the Financial Crisis.
Conferences
2017 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting in Boston (FMA)
2017 European Financial Management Association Conference in Athens (EFMA)
2017 International Conference of the French Finance Association in Valence (AFFI)
2017 The Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting in Chicago (MFA)
2016/2017 Australasian Finance and Banking Conference in Sydney (AFBC)
2016 Firm Value Maximization and CSR conference at the University of Surrey
Teaching
Instructor, Financial Management for B.B.A, ESSEC Business School, Fall 2017-18
Other work experience
Citic Securities International Hong Kong, Equity Research Assistant, 2012 – 2013
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Consultant ad Senior Consultant at M&A tax, 2008 – 2012
Honors and memberships
ESSEC Business School Ph.D. Fellowship, 2013 – 2017
ESSEC-Amundi Chair Scholarship, 2017 – 2018
ESSEC Teaching Grant, 2017 – 2018
HKUST Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Scholarship, 2004 – 2008
HKUST Dean’s List Award, 2005 – 2006
CFA Level III Candidate, 2013
CPA (Member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants), 2012
Contact
Institute of Financial Studies
Southwestern University of Finance & Economics
No 55, Guanghuacun Street
Chengdu, China, 610074
weijy@swufe.edu.cn
