Economist with experience in consulting, finance, policy, competitiveness and technology. Unique combination of creativity, intuition and rigour to generate fresh insights into complex problems.
Kai L. CHAN
Home town: Toronto, Canada
Country of citizenship: Canada
Current residence: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Current industry / profession: Policy advisory (government)
Other professional activities:
- Dubai Future Foundation (non-resident fellow)
- Dubai Expo 2020 (bid team)
- INSEAD (Distinguished Fellow)
- WEF Agenda contributor
Past employment:
- Consulting – public policy (Dubai)
- Technology (Montreal)
- Government & public policy (Dubai)
- Finance (New York)
- Consulting – financial services (Singapore)
- Academia (Princeton University, University of Toronto, Concordia University (Montréal))
Education:
- PhD, MA (economics): Princeton University
- BSc (economics & mathematics): University of Toronto (Trinity)
Research & publications:
- “Intelligence Capital Index: Nations with the ‘smarts’ for the knowledge economy” (executive summary)
- “Gender Progress Index: Society advances when all its members can achieve their potential” (executive summary)
- “Power Language Index: Which are the world’s most influential languages” (executive summary)
- “Canada’s governing class: Who rules the country?” (PDF 3.24 MB)
Languages:
- English (native)
- Cantonese (native)
- French (B2)
- Mandarin Chinese (L4)
- German (B1)
- Russian (A1)
CEFR language proficiency level for European languages; HSK language proficiency level for Chinese; Conversational in all, except Russian
Affiliations:
Canada-Meets-Germany (CMG) / German Canadian Concourse (GCC)
University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA)
Princeton Association of NYC (PANYC)
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Updated: Sep 2022
