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Theresa (Tess) Kwon, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at HKU Business School, brings an international background with academic and professional experiences across the United States, South Korea, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. Her journey into marketing began with an interest in the psychological aspects of fashion, which evolved into a broader passion for understanding consumer behaviour. She leverages insights from marketing, psychology, and behavioural economics to study how consumers can make better decisions to enhance their own and others’ well-being.

Professor Kian Siong Tey is acutely aware of how divided society has become. With people taking more extreme positions these days, it is ever-more challenging to find common ground, let alone a resolution. Possessing a double major degree in Psychology and Philosophy, Professor Tey understands the intricacies of human interactions and organizational behaviours. This fascination with polarizing tensions, arising from actual or perceived differences, has driven him to study conflicts using a variety of experimental methods and advanced text analysis tools.

Public healthcare systems are often under scrutiny on how they cope with growing demand and evolving health needs. Professor Sundara Natarajan Panchanatham has been studying ways to make them more accessible, efficient and sustainable.

Freediver Jin Ming (William Joy) holds multiple Asian records and is also the world champion in Dynamic Apnea with Fins (DYN). The Shanghai-born  athlete, who is able to cover 311 metres in just one breath, only started diving formally in 2018. Since then, he has continued to break national, Asian, and world records, and helped the Chinese National Team reach new heights in the aquatics world. To the surprise of many, Jin Ming doesn’t devote all his time to training.

Professor Naijia Guo has extensively researched labour economics and family economics, with a particular focus on structural labour. Having grown up in Shenzhen, a Southern Chinese city instrumental to China’s reform and opening-up, she is especially interested to this research topic. There, Professor Guo witnessed rapid developments driven by an influx of labour which has created a unique immigrant culture.

Awardee of the Belt and Road Scholarship, our BEcon & Fin student Gerelt Oyunbold came all the way from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to pursue his academic journey in Hong Kong.

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Professor Soojin Oh aspires to use his knowledge to help combat gender and racial bias for underrepresented leaders. Impressed by the unique blend of cultures and identities within Hong Kong, Prof. Oh decided to embark on his journey to HKU Business School as an Assistant Professor in Management and Strategy.

Driven by a willingness to cope with challenges and a curious mind, Professor Roni Michaely chose to become a scholar and is currently, a professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at The University of Hong Kong.