Wang, Victoria Jian（王劍）

Biography

Professor Victoria Wang is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Management. Professor Wang obtained her PhD from Federation University, Australia, with a research focus on cross-cultural leadership and people effectiveness in cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Professor Wang had an impressive 30-year career driving growth, transformation, and people and organisation development in esteemed companies such as IBM, DuPont and HAVI. She has been a prominent member on various global leadership boards, company Board of Directors, Global Logistics Council, Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Council. With extensive general management, P&L, and cross-functional experience, including over a decade in cross-cultural global leadership, Professor Wang’s strategic leadership encompasses a deep understanding of global business management, sustainability, cross-cultural dynamics, people and organisation development, mergers and acquisitions, transformation and change management, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as women in leadership.

To pursue her passion for people and leverage her leadership experience to support the future leadership development, Professor Wang started teaching China Business with CUHK as part of the Undergraduate Programmes since August 2023. She became a LEAP advisor with MBA Programme since February 2024 and an Adjunct Associate Professor since April 2024. Her teaching areas also include sustainability, experiential learning and business practicum with CUHK Master’s and MBA Programmes. Professor Wang is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) assisting the transformational development of future leaders.

Teaching Areas

China Business
Sustainable Human-Environment Systems in a Business World
Managing People & Organisations
Experiential Learning
Business Practicum
Coaching

Research Interests

Cross-Cultural Leadership
Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Internationalisation of Chinese Companies
Culture and Leadership in Sustainability
Organisation Design and Development
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Women on Board

Chen, Zhi（陳植）

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Prof. Zhi Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology, CUHK Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD from NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and his BE from Tsinghua University, China.

His primary research involves developing models and designing algorithms for analytics under uncertainty with different levels of data availability as well as applications in business, economics, finance, and operations. He is also interested in how to compete or cooperate in joint activities such as resource allocation and risk management. His works appear in journals such as INFORMS Journal on Computing, Management Science, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Mathematical Finance, Transportation Science, and TRB.

Teaching Areas

Business Analytics
Data Mining & Machine Learning
Operations & Supply Chain Management
Risk Management

Research Interests

Analytics under Uncertainty
Data-Driven Analytics
Risk Management
Robust Optimisation

Publications & Working Papers
- Yue Zhao, Zhi Chen, and Zhenzhen Zhang (2023), “Distributionally Robust Chance Constrained p-Hub Center Problem,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, forthcoming.
- Yuanguang Zhong, Yibo Lan, Zhi Chen, and Jiazi Yang (2023), “On-Demand Ride-Hailing Platforms with Heterogeneous Quality-Sensitive Customers: Dedicated System or Pooling System,” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 173, 247-266.
- Feng Liu, Zhi Chen, and Shuming Wang (2023), “Globalized Distributionally Robust Counterpart,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, forthcoming.
- Zhi Chen, Daniel Kuhn, and Wolfram Wiesemann (2023), “On Approximations of Data-Driven Chance Constrained Programs over Wasserstein Balls,” Operations Research Letters, 51(3), 226-233.
- Haolin Ruan, Zhi Chen, and Chin Pang Ho (2022), “Adjustable Distributionally Robust Optimization with Infinitely Constrained Ambiguity Sets,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, forthcoming.
- Zhi Chen and Peng Xiong (2022), “RSOME in Python: An Open-Source Package for Robust Stochastic Optimization Made Easy,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, forthcoming.
- Guomin Xing, Zhi Chen, Yuanguang Zhong, and Yong-Wu Zhou (2022), “Mitigating Supply Risk with Limited Information: Emergency Supply and Responsive Pricing,” Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.
- Zhi Chen, Daniel Kuhn, and Wolfram Wiesemann (2022), “Data-Driven Chance Constrained Programs over Wasserstein Balls,” Operations Research, forthcoming.
- Yue Zhao, Zhi Chen, Andrew Lim, and Zhenzhen Zhang (2022), “Vessel Deployment with Limited Information: Distributionally Robust Chance Constrained Models,” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 161, 197-217.
- Zhi Chen and Weijun Xie (2021), “Regret in the Newsvendor Model with Demand and Yield Randomness,” Production and Operations Management, 30(11), 4176-4197.
- Zhi Chen and Weijun Xie (2021), “Sharing the Value-at-Risk under Distributional Ambiguity,” Mathematical Finance, 31(1), 531-559.
- Zhi Chen, Zhenyu Hu, and Qinshen Tang (2020), “Allocation Inequality in Cost Sharing Problem,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 91, 111-120.
- Zhi Chen, Melvyn Sim, and Peng Xiong (2020), “Robust Stochastic Optimization Made Easy with RSOME,” Management Science, 66(8), 3329-3339.
- Shuming Wang, Zhi Chen, and Tianqi Liu (2020), “Distributionally Robust Hub Location,” Transportation Science, 54(5), 1189-1210.
- Zhi Chen, Pengqian Yu, and William Haskell (2019), “Distributionally Robust Optimization for Sequential Decision-Making,” Optimization, 68(12), 2393-2422.
- Zhi Chen, Melvyn Sim, and Huan Xu (2019), “Distributionally Robust Optimization with Infinitely Constrained Ambiguity Sets,” Operations Research, 67(5), 1328-1344.

Grants
- “A Distribution-Free Model of Time Series”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council with HK$414,059, 2024-2025 (Principal Investigator)
- CUHK “Improvement on Competitiveness in Hiring New Faculties” Funding Scheme awarded by The Chinese University of Hong Kong with HK$1,500,000 (Principal Investigator)
- “Robust Mechanism Design with Limited Information”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council with HK$925,120, 2023-2025 (Principal Investigator)
- “Financial Systemic Risk Measures based on Monte Carlo Simulation: Theory and Methods”, NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China & Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2022-2025 (Co-Investigator)
- “A Python Algebraic Modeling Package for Robust Optimization”, Strategic Research Grant awarded by City University of Hong Kong with HK$100,000, 2021-2023 (Principal Investigator)
- “The Hurwicz Criterion for Data-Driven Decision-Making under Uncertainty”, Early Career Scheme awarded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council, HK$628,950, 2020-2023 (Principal Investigator)
- “Risk Sharing under Distributional Ambiguity: Stability, Inequality, and Monotonicity”, Start-Up Grant awarded by City University of Hong Kong, with HK$300,000, 2019-2022 (Principal Investigator)

Awards & Honours
- College Research Excellence Award, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong, 2022
- Finalist, George E. Nicholson Student Paper Competition, INFORMS, 2017

Academic/Professional Services
- Reviewer for INFORMS Journal on Computing, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Mathematics of Operations Research, Mathematical Programmin, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, SIAM Journal on Optimization, TRB, TRE, Transportation Science, ICLR, ICML, and NeurIPS.

Li, Anran（李安然）

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Prof. Anran Li is an associate professor at the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Prior to joining CUHK, she was a faculty member at the Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prof. Li received her PhD in Operations Research from Columbia University in 2017.

Prof. Li is broadly interested in designing algorithms and analysing data in order to optimise supply chain decisions. More precisely, Prof. Li focuses on developing and estimating consumer choice models using econometric tools, optimising assortment and recommendation for both traditional retailing and online digital platform, and creating a fair marketplace for all shareholders. Prof. Li’s research has been published in leading journals such as Operations Research and Management Science. Prof. Li is passionate about bringing impacts to practice through the work. She is an active external researcher and scientist for a number of companies, including Hewlett Packard, SAS Institute, Sabre Airline Solutions and Jet.com.

Prof. Li has served as reviewer for premier journals such as Operations Research and Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Production and Operations Management. Prof. Li is the co-organiser of the 2023 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing (RM&P) Section Conference.

Teaching Areas

Supply chain management
Operations management
Revenue management and dynamic pricing

Research Interests

Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
Business Analytics
Revenue Management
E-commerce Applications
Choice Modeling and Assortment Optimization
Approximation Algorithms
Dynamic Programming and Online Algorithm

Publications & Working Papers
- Anran Li, Guillermo Gallego, Van-Anh Truong, and Xinshang Wang, “Online Personalized Resource Allocation with Customer Choice,” invited for resubmission at Operations Research.
- Anran Li, Kalyan Talluri, and Muge Tekin, “Estimating Demand with Unobserved No-purchases on Revenue-managed Data,” under Minor Review at M&SOM.
- Anran Li, Ningyuan Chen, and Shuoguang Yang, “Revenue Maximization and Learning in Products Ranking,” under Minor Review at Operations Research, accepted to EC’21.
- Anran Li and Guillermo Gallego, “A Random Consideration Set Model for Demand Estimation, Assortment Optimization, and Pricing,” accepted at Operations Research.
- Anran Li, Pin Gao, Yuhang Ma, Ningyuan Chen, Guillermo Gallego, Paat Rusmevichientong, and Huseyin Topaloglu (2021), “Assortment Optimization and Pricing under the Multinomial Logit Model with Impatient Customers: Sequential Recommendation and Selection,” Operations Research. Vol. 69, No. 5.
- Anran Li, Ningyuan Chen, and Kalyan Talluri (2021), “Reviews and Self-selection Bias with Operational Implications,” Management Science. Vol. 67, No. 12.
- Anran Li, Guillermo Gallego, Van-Anh Truong, and Xinshang Wang (2020), “Approximation Algorithms for Product Framing and Pricing,” Operations Research. Vol. 68, No. 1.

Grants
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund 14506423, PI, HK$462,238, Jan 2024- May 2026
- “Revenue Maximization and Learning in Products Ranking”, RIIF Fund awarded by LSE Department of Management with £4,000, 2021-2022
- “Product Line Design and Pricing under the Basic Attraction Model”, RIIF Fund awarded by LSE Department of Management with £10,000, 2020-2021

Cheung, Leong（張亮）

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Professor Leong Cheung is currently the Chief Strategy Officer in the Exchange Fund Investment Office of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He was the Executive Director of Charities & Community at The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) from 2014 to 2022. In this capacity, he co-founded and served as the co-chair of the Hong Kong Chapter of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Prior to joining the HKJC, Professor Cheung was the Operating Partner of Bain Capital. Before that, he was the Managing Director of Global Sourcing & Supply Chain at Esquel Group, the founder and CEO of an education focused internet venture, and a senior consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.

Professor Cheung is active in the community. He is the co-founder of RunOurCity, an innovative social enterprise with the aim of transforming life through running. He currently serves as the chairperson of the HKSAR Government’s Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food. He is an Advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation, former independent Director of Kerry Properties (HKSE 0683) and the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. He was a Council and Court (Deputy Chairman) member of the Lingnan University.

Professor Cheung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Business Administration and obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

Teaching Areas

Strategy
Philanthropy

Research Interests

Philanthropy
ESG

Awards & Honours
- Chapter Honoree, Beta Gamma Sigma CUHK Chapter, 2022
- Honorary Fellowship, Lingnan University, 2019

Academic/Professional Services
Professional/Public Services
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Kerry Properties Limited, 2022-Present
- Chairman, Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food, 2020-Present
- Non-Executive Director & Audit Committee Chairman, HKMC Annuity Limited, 2017-2022
- Non-Executive Director, Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, 2016-2022
- Member, Elderly Commission, 2015-2021
- Member, Hong Kong Quality Migrant Admission Scheme Advisory Committee, Jul 2010-Jun 2016
Community Services
- Co-founder/Chairman, RunOurCity, 2021
- Founding Director & Honorary Advisor, Social Venture Hong Kong, 2007-2021
- Trustee, Esquel-Y.L.Yang Education Foundation, 2022-2013
Academic Services
- Adjunct Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015-2020
- Adjunct Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2014-2017
- Deputy Chairman, Court of Lingnan University, Aug 2013-Aug 2014
- Council & Court member, Lingnan University, Oct 2009-Aug 2014

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