Academic Dean (Business Studies)
J.K. Lee Chair Professor of Accountancy

Professor Chan received his bachelor's degree in Accountancy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He then obtained his master's degree from the University of Illinois and PhD from the Pennsylvania State University. Professor Chan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) in the U.S. He is also a fellow (FCPA) of the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs. Before returning to Hong Kong, Professor Chan was a professor at the University of California (Riverside) and the University of Toronto. He also served as an accounting analyst at the Ontario Hydroelectric Corporation.

Professor Chan's current research interests cover both taxation and auditing. Research topics include tax compliance, international transfer pricing, tax non-tax cost tradeoffs, auditor independence and audit quality. He also has a research project on "The Dream of the Red Mansions (紅樓夢) and Accounting and Management of Family Businesses in Chinese Communities". Professor Chan has published in many leading academic research journals including the Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, The Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, the Journal of International Accounting Research, the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and Econometrica.