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With more than 200 distinguished international faculty from over 20 regions, offering broad industry experience and
seasoned business insights, our NUS Business School faculty are committed to providing you with an
enriching and stimulating business education.

Weina Zhang

Associate Professor of Finance
Academic Director, MSc in Sustainable and Green Finance
Deputy Director, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)

Weina is the Associate Professor in the Department of Finance at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. She obtained her Master of Science and Ph.D. in Finance from Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University, USA. She currently teaches courses such as Sustainability and Finance, Sustainable Investment, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Corporate Finance, and International Financial Management at the master’s and undergraduate’s levels. She also teaches lifelong learning modules and conducts executive trainings in the related areas.

Sumit Agarwal

Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate
Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor
Managing Director, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)

Sumit Agarwal is the Low Tuck Kwong Professor at the School of Business and Professor in the departments of Economics, Finance and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore. Previously, he held positions as a Professor of Finance at Georgetown University, senior financial economist in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a senior vice president and credit risk management executive in the Small Business Risk Solutions Group of Bank of America.

Johan Sulaeman

Professor of Finance
Dean’s Chair
Director, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)

Johan Sulaeman is a Dean’s Chair and a Professor in the Department of Finance at the NUS Business School. He is currently the Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute at NUS (SGFIN). He recently served as the founding Academic Director of the NUS MSc (Finance) Programme and as the Research Director of the Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI). He obtained his PhD in Finance from University of Texas at Austin (McCombs). He received his Masters of Financial Engineering (MFE) from the Haas School at the University of California, Berkeley, and his BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Ruth TAN

Associate Professor of Finance
Deputy Academic Director, MSc in Sustainable and Green Finance
Deputy Head of Department Finance

Ruth Tan is an Associate Professor of Finance at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS) and a Fellow of CPA Australia. She has received several teaching excellence awards at NUS and is currently a Fellow at the NUS Teaching Academy.

CHEN Renbao

Associate Professor
Finance

Mingxuan Fan

Assistant Professor
Real Estate

Mabel CHOU

Associate Professor
Analytics & Operations

MAK Yuen Teen

Professor (Practice Track)
Accounting

Sean SHIN

Senior Lecturer
Accounting

Deserina SULAEMAN

Lecturer
Finance