Dr Wei Kang

Wei Kang is a seasoned expert in finance and sustainable development, specializing in leveraging fintech innovations to drive positive environmental and social impact. She excels in bridging academia and industry, collaborating on initiatives aimed at shaping policies and practices for a more sustainable future.

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Background

With a background rooted in advanced degrees in finance, Wei's passion for sustainable development has led her to explore the intersection of finance and sustainability, particularly focusing on the potential of fintech innovations to drive positive environmental and social impact. As a senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, she collaborates with industry partners to shape policies and practices for sustainability, driving forward-thinking solutions to contemporary challenges. Serving as the course director of a postgraduate-level accounting and finance program, Wei is devoted to ensuring graduates are equipped with the skills needed to thrive in today's dynamic job market.

Research interests

• Sustainable (ESG) Finance
• FinTech
• Gender
• Network Analysis

Areas of research supervision

• Sustainable (ESG) Finance
• FinTech
• Gender
• Network Analysis

Teaching

Wei has a wide range of teaching experience on different postgraduate and undergraduate subjects, including Big Data Analytics, financial data analytics, financial management, quantitative methods, big data fundamentals and financial investment analysis. She has been constantly reflecting on her practical teaching skills, passionate about her subject areas with a specialised interest to develop student subject skills and transferable skills such as critical thinking, effective communication and creative problem solving.

Qualifications

• PhD in Accounting and Finance, Bangor University
• MSc in Accounting and Finance, University of Exeter
• BSc in Accounting and Finance, Bangor University

Memberships, editorial boards

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Executive member, British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Diversity SIG
• Member, UK Research and Innovation
• Reviewer, Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance
• Reviewer, Emerging Market Review
• Reviewer, International Review of Financial Analysis

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• Co-Investigator: Discover Economics Student Champion Programme (Successful)
• Consultancy in the project of Reuse Network Business Plan
• Research analyst in the EU Interreg project Futures by Design  
• Co-Investigator: Greening the Local Economy: A Network Hub for Sustainable Business Growth and Expert Consultancy

Selected recent publications

Recent Publications:

• Kang, W., Ashton, J. K., Orujov, A., & Wang, Y. (2023). Realizing gender diversity on corporate boards. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 30(1), 1-29.
• Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Chang, X., & Kang, W. (2023). CEO tenure and environmental fraud for listed family firms. Business Strategy and the Environment.
• Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Kang, W., & Ahmed, A. H. (2022). Female analysts and COVID-19 corporate donation. Emerging Markets Review, 53, 100941.

Business Report:

• Davies, W., Partac, M., Giovannetti, E., Kang, W., & Belette-Travers, M. (2023). Final report – Evaluation of the efficacy of Futures by Design. https://indd.adobe.com/view/cbc7afe2-02a0-4cfd-9575-601e78bed965
• Davies, W., Kang, W., Giovannetti, E., & Partac, M. (2023). Data Project 1: The prediction of digital skills based on SME characteristics. https://indd.adobe.com/view/1fb2c812-0ce2-4b4f-abef-e76aebb080d1
• Davies, W., Kang, W., Giovannetti, E., & Partac, M. (2023). Data Project 2: Potential for Upskilling Digitally/Data Maturity. https://indd.adobe.com/view/a2ba72a7-fb1d-4b47-95d2-1f8f79994569

Book chapters:

• Kang, W., & Oluwafemi, B. T. (2023). The Wellbeing of Nigerian Immigrant Women in Canada. Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Wellbeing: Perspectives in SME Ownership. Routledge.
• Dou, L., Kang, W., & Zhang, N. (2023). The Wellbeing of Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the UK. Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Wellbeing: Perspectives in SME Ownership. Routledge.

Peer-reviewed papers:

• Wang, Y., Zhang, Y.F., and Kang, W. (2022). Female analyst coverage and socially responsible investing: Investigation of Chinese Listed Firms during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Emerging Market Reviews.
• Wang, Y., Zhang, Y.F., and Kang, W. (2022). CEO tenure and environmental commission fraud in Chinese family firms. Journal of Financial Stability.
• Kang, W., Ashton, J., and Orujov, A.(2022). Realising gender diversity on corporate boards: An assessment of global policy measures. International Journal of the Economics of Business.

Working papers:

• Kang, W., Ashton, J., and Orujov, A. Spanning the chasm between diversity and firm performance. An assessment of the moderating effect of boardroom networks.
• Kang, W., Ashton, J., and Orujov, A. Supply or demand? Illuminating gender inequality at the corporate top with insights into gender differences in network structure and access.
• Wang, Y., Zhang, Y.F., and Kang, W. Anti-corruption campaign and corporate environmental performance.

 

Recent presentations and conferences

Guest speaker:

'Research escalator - pitch your idea', University of Tanjungpura, Indonesia, 2022

'Adoption of fintech in practice', Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, India, 2021

Presentations:

Accountability sustainability and governance workshop, University of Bristol

The international accounting and finance doctoral symposium (AFDS), Politecnico di Milano, Milan

BAFA annual conference, University of Derby

Conferences:

Corporate governance: Examining key challenges and perspective. Lisbon, Portugal, 2020

Gender (in)equality in higher education event, University of Bangor

Webinars:

Global perspectives - building better together: frameworks for advancing gender and race equality globally. Advanced HE.

Media experience

Guest speaker of the webinar Cultivating Fintech Talent: What's there to love about a career in Fintech? Fintech B2B Marketing February 2024