Renbao Chen

Dr Chen was born in Anhui, China. He is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the Finance Department at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and was recognised as the best Chinese EMBA professor in 2012. He has served as a financial advisor and director for several companies. Dr Chen has held the position of Academic Director for the Chinese EMBA at NUS and the Academic Director of the International MBA (IMBA) programme jointly offered by NUS and Peking University in China. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Anhui University in 1985.
 
In 1988, he went to the United States to study at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1993, he obtained a Ph.D. in Insurance, a Ph.D. in Demography, and a post-doctorate from the Wharton School. He specialises in financial management, risk management and insurance, employee benefits, and retirement planning.
 
In 1994, he joined the Department of Finance and Accounting at the National University of Singapore (now the Department of Finance), where he teaches undergraduate, postgraduate, and EMBA courses on sustainability risk management, financial management, and insurance. For more than 20 years, he has provided training in financial management, bank management, human resources, and insurance for companies in Singapore and China, as well as conducting consulting and feasibility studies for companies investing in China and overseas.