Wei Wang

Dr. Wei Wang is a visiting associate professor in the Finance Department at Wharton, and an associate professor and distinguished faculty fellow of finance at Smith School of Business of Queen’s University in Canada. He is also the director of Master of Finance – Beijng (Renmin-Queen’s Master of Finance) program at Smith School of Business.

His research interests are in bankruptcy restructuring, creditor control rights, distressed investing, and corporate governance. His research articles have been published in top finance journals such as the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics, and featured in media such as the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, South China Morning Post, The Globe and Mail, and Business Week. He has acted as a presenter or discussant at over 50 conferences and seminars. He has written a number of finance cases for Harvard Business School and was nominated for teaching excellence at Smith School of Business. Dr. Wang was a visiting associate professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School from 2015 to 2016. He worked in commodity derivative trading and financial engineering prior to his academic career.