Li Jin is Chair Professor of Finance, Vice President (Global Strategies), Acting Dean of the School of Business and Director of the SUSTech Academy of Finance and Economics at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), located in Shenzhen, China. Additionally, he serves as Vice Chairman of the SUSTech Education Foundation and Director of the UNESCO International Centre for Higher Education Innovation.

Prof. Jin has previously held positions as Associate Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School; Professor of Finance at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School; Associate Head of the Division of Economics and Management, Associate Dean of Guanghua School of Management and head of Guanghua's Finance Department, and Director of the National Center for Financial Research at Peking University.

Prof. Jin is a board member of the Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC); Vice Chairman of the Chinese Management Science Society and Director of its Committee for Financial Management; Director of the Private Equity Committee at the Chinese Academy of Management; and Director of the Pension Trust Committee at the China Trust Company Association.

Since 2018, Prof. Jin has served as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a member of its Economics Committee. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of China’s Jiusan Society’s Central Committee. He has been or is currently an independent director of several leading Chinese enterprises including Ping An Group, SF Express, TCL Technology Group, Haire Venture Capital, Guosen Securities, Oriza Holdings, Beijing Electronics Holdings Company and Beijing Financial Holdings Group.

Prof. Jin obtained his Ph.D. in Finance from MIT’s Sloan School of Management in 2001. His research interests include investment and fund-raising, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, wealth management, family business governance and succession and capital operations. Professor Jin has received several prestigious awards, including the FAME Research Prize, the PanAgora Quantitative Research Award, the Chinese Management Science Award, the Best Paper Award of the Financial Management Association (European Conference), the Global Financial Association's Best Paper Award and the TCFA Best Paper Award.

Academic Appointments                 

2021 – present       Chair Professor of Finance, Southern University of Science and Technology

                                    Vice President (Global Strategies)

                                    Head of the Social Sciences and Humanities Division (consisting of the School of Business, 

                                    School of Design, and the School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

                                    Acting Dean, School of Business

                                    Vice Chairman, SUSTech Education Foundation

                                    Chair Professor of Finance, Peking University Guanghua School of Management

2020 – 2022           Chair Professor of Finance, Peking University Guanghua School of Management

                                    Associate Division Head, Division of Economics and Management (consisting of the Guanghua School of 

                                    Management, School of Economics, National Development School, and the HSBC School of Business)

2012 – 2020             Chair Professor of Finance, Peking University Guanghua School of Management

                                    Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Development, and Associate Dean for International 

                                    Cooperation

2012 – 2015             Professor of Finance, Oxford University Saïd Business School (joint appointment)

2007 – 2012             Associate Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School

2001 – 2007             Assistant Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School

1992 – 1994             Full Time Faculty Member, Department of International Finance, Fudan University, Shanghai, China