Working in the nexus ot economics, finance, policy, and innovation.
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:
- Dubai Future Foundation (non-resident fellow)
- Dubai Expo 2020 (bid team)
- INSEAD (Distinguished Fellow)
- WEF Agenda contributor
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:
- “Intelligence Capital Index: Nations with the ‘smarts’ for the knowledge economy”
- “Gender Progress Index: Society advances when all its members can achieve their potential”
- “Power Language Index: Which are the world’s most influential languages”
- “Canada’s governing class: Who rules the country?“
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
