Bernard Yeung

Professor Bernard Yeung is a Visiting Chair Professor, Dean's Advisor, and China's Ministry of Education appointed Changjiang (Yangtze River) Scholar at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) (Aug 2023 - ). He is also Emeritus and Founding President of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research and Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School. From 2008 to 2023, Professor Yeung was the Stephen Riady Distinguished Finance and Strategic Management Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School. He was also the President of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research from 2003 to 2023. He was Dean of NUS Business School from June 2008 to June 2019. Before joining NUS, he was the Abraham Krasnoff Professor in Global Business, Economics, and Management at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business and the Director of the NYU China House. From 1988 to 1999, he taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Alberta 1983 to 1988. Professor Yeung has published widely cited work in top-tier academic journals covering finance, economics, strategy, and international business. He was awarded the Public Administration Silver Medal (2018) in Singapore, the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award (2013) from the Academy of Management, and is an elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business. Professor Yeung was a member of the Economic Strategies Committee in Singapore (2009), a member of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in Singapore (2016-2018), and a member of the Financial Research Council of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (2010 -2013). Professor Yeung serves on the Management Board of EAI, NUS, the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Economics at Academia Sinica, and the Academic Committee of the Hong Kong Academy of Industry and Innovation. He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank of China (BOC) Aviation Limited since 2016, and the Advisory Board of Healthway Medical Corporation Ltd (2018-2023). Professor Yeung received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario and his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.