Biography

Professor Jun Yang is Dean and Goh Tjoei Kok Professor in Business at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She serves as the Academic Director of the Financial Management Association (FMA), a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), a Council Member of the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS) and a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

Her research spans corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation and financial technology (FinTech), with a focus on managerial incentives, board effectiveness and corporate accountability. Through studies of executive compensation and peer benchmarking, she has advanced understanding of how companies determine executive pay and the governance implications of these decisions. More recent work examines director independence and board oversight, shedding light on governance risks and corporate accountability.

Her research has been published in leading journals in finance and management, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies and Management Science. Beyond academia, her work has attracted coverage from major international media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Bloomberg.

Prior to joining NTU as Dean of Nanyang Business School in July 2024, Professor Yang was Conrad Prebys Professor of Finance, Chair of the Department of Finance and Director of the Institute for Corporate Governance at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Throughout her academic career, she has received numerous research awards and has established herself as a respected leader in both scholarship and academic administration. 

Professor Jun Yang holds a PhD in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She earned her Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems and Bachelor’s Degrees in Management Information Systems (summa cum laude) and Electronic & Computer Technology, Tsinghua University.