Huaqiao Zhang

Biography

Mr Zhang is a Hong Kong based businessman and has over 22 years of experience in the banking and finance industry, with extensive experience in the capital markets of Hong Kong and China. Mr Zhang commenced his career in 1986, working as an economist at the Planning Department, People’s Bank of China until 1989. In the first half of 1991, he was a public servant (APS 4) at the Australian Commonwealth Government’s Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET). From 1991 to 1994, Mr Zhang was a Lecturer of Banking and Finance at the University of Canberra. Previously, Mr Zhang worked at UBS for 11 years, with the majority of his time serving as Head of China Research and Deputy Head of China Investment Banking. In 2006-2008, he was an Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Shenzhen Investment Ltd (604 HK). Mr Zhang obtained a Masters degree in economics from the Financial Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China in 1986 and a Masters degree of economics of development from the Australian National University in 1991. 

Research Interest

 Economics of development