Dr. Tan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences. He is the Programme Leader of Master of Arts in Personal Finance Education. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science from Nanjing University and a Ph.D. in finance from the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China.

His research interests focus on Household finance, Financial education, and Financial Technology. His research papers have been published in the international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Business and Society, and Journal of Banking and Finance.

He has extensive experience in providing consultancy service to the industrial enterprises. He has received the Faculty Teaching Award (Group Award) 2022/23 and Research Output Award of Dean’s Research Fund 2021/22. He also won the Bronze Award of Investor and Financial Education Award (Teacher Division) 2022 from the Hong Kong Investor and Financial Education Council. On behalf of EdUHK, Dr. Tan and the team won the Gold Award of Financial Education and ESG Leadership Award 2022 from the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong.

Household finance, Financial Literacy Education, Financial Technology (FinTech), Sustainable Finance

Personal Finance, Financial Technology (FinTech), ESG investment

• Scholar, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR), December 2021 - May 2022
• 廣東省高層次人才評審專家庫 專家
• Topic Editor, Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN: 1911-8074)
• Editorial board, The Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility (ISSN: 2365-6417)