When “Banking” Meets “Investment”

    In the second series of the Banking and Finance Seminar Series, the Department of Economics and Finance was delighted to have our recently-appointed Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Victor Ng, Senior Vice President of the Banking Administration Branch of the China Construction Bank (Asia) and Mr Bill Fan, Vice President of Corporate Finance (TMT Sector) of the CCB International (Holdings) to hold the seminars.

Students Packed the Auditorium (top)
Dr David Chui with the guests Mr Bill Fan (left) and Dr Victor Ng (right) (bottom)

    Dr Victor Ng gave a talk on the topic on “Retail and Commercial Banking as Career”, sharing his experience on how his saw the merger of his company, seeing the former American-firm being consolidated by a Chinese-based firm. Unlike other speakers, he left most of his materials to be shared in the Q&A session.

Dr Ng engaged students in a warm-up exercise

    Mr Bill Fan talked about “My Experience as a Securities Analyst, Investment Banker and Individual Investor”. It was mostly about his upbringing and background as a curious child who looked for different ways to support himself financially. A former CFA Champion winner, he highly encouraged students to live out of their comfort zones.

Mr Fan on his thoughts about role models

Students asking questions