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Leveraging creativity, intuition and rigour to generate fresh insights into complex problems.

 

Dr Kai L. CHAN: LinkedIn profile / CV (PDF)

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

Country of citizenship: Canada

Current residence: Abu Dhabi, UAE / Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Current industry / profession: Policy & regulation (government) / economist

Other / previous professional activities:  

Past employment:

  • Government & public policy (Dubai & Abu Dhabi)
  • Consulting – financial services, public policy (Singapore, Dubai)
  • Technology (Montréal)
  • Finance (New York)
  • Academia (Princeton University, University of Toronto, Concordia University)

Education:

  • PhD, MA (economics): Princeton University
  • BSc (economics & mathematics): University of Toronto (Trinity)

Research notes:

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)

Updated: Jan 2025

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