Joseph Fan is the Professor of Department of Finance & School of Accountancy, and Co-Director of Institute of Economics and Finance of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received Ph.D. in Finance from the Katz Graduate School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh. Before joining CUHK, he has taught in University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an expert in corporate finance and governance of emerging market firms. His recent research focus is family business governance, including his pioneer research on Asian family firm successions, marriage and network creation, and family trust ownership. He teaches corporate governance at the MBA and Ph.D. levels, and Family Business Governance in MBA and EMBA programs.