Meet the Advisory Board

Professor Paul Malatesta

Prof. Paul Malatesta is Professor of Finance at University of Washington’s Foster School of Business in Seattle. He has held the position since 1980, with an academic expertise in corporate governance. He has likewise been a visiting scholar at Arizona State University since 1997, and an economics instructor at Colgate University.

A respected author, Professor Malatesta has been Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) since 1987. JFQA is the renowned peer-reviewed bimonthly academic journal published by University of Washington in cooperation with the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and the University of North Carolina‘s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Professor Malatesta was a program committee member of the American Finance Association as well as executive committee member of the Western Finance Association. He served as Research Associate for Weyerhaeuser’s Pension Fund Investments Group, and has done consulting work for Eastman Kodak as the company’s litigation support. He was also part of the distinguished team that conducted an economic analysis of the selective reenlistment bonus program for the United States Navy.

Throughout his decades-long career, Dr. Malatesta received the distinction of being a Norman J. Metcalfe Faculty Fellow in Finance from 1997 to 2016 and, since 2016, has been a Norman J. Metcalfe Endowed Professor of Finance. Likewise, he reaped the top award for the Jensen Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2011, in the areas of corporate finance and organizations.

Among his notable published work are State-owned and privately owned firms: An empirical analysis of profitability (2001); Managerial succession and firm performance (2004); Corporate governance and shareholder initiatives: Empirical evidence (1996); and The wealth effect of merger activity and the objective functions of merging firms (1983).

He completed his PhD in 1982 at University of Rochester’s WIlliam E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. He received his MS from the same institution in 1976 and, in 1973, his BA from University of California in Santa Barbara.

Professor Jeremy Goh

Dr. Jeremy Goh is Associate Professor of Finance (Tenured) at Singapore Management University (SMU)’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business. He was the longest serving Chairman of SMU Faculty Senate. He is also the founding faculty member, former Associate Dean and the Head of the Finance group. He developed and served as coordinator of the PhD in finance program in the past. He is currently Visiting Professor in Lingnan College, National Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. He was visiting Reader-in-finance at the Cass Business School, City University of London, UK. Professor Goh previously held professorial positions at Drexel University, Philadelphia; the University of South Florida, Tampa; Chapman University, California; and Washington University, St. Louis, USA. He received his Masters of Arts in Economics, Masters of Science in Business Administration, and Ph.D. in Finance from Washington University, St. Louis, USA.

Professor Goh’s primary research areas of interest include corporate finance and governance. He has published numerous academic articles in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Research, and Financial Analysts Journal. He has won several excellence research awards and serve as Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Research. In addition, he has contributed significantly in industry related research and is the developer of the Singapore Corporate Governance Index which has been used as a basis for the selection criteria for various major corporate awards in Singapore. He also works with local regulators such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and industry organizations such as the Securities Investors Association, Singapore (SIAS), Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He was also the former Assistant Honorary Treasurer and Secretary of SIAS.

Professor Goh is also involved in community service and is the creator and champion of the Citi-SMU Financial Literacy program which is a social enterprise that aims to advance financial education for young adults in Singapore. He has served in the steering committee for MyMoney, which is an outreach program fronted by the MAS. He is also currently an Independent Director in Samsung Reinsurance, Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Professor Jerry Xiaping Cao

Dr. Jerry Xiaping Cao is Professor of Finance at College of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. He was Professor and Dean of Southern Science and Technology Research Institute of Finance, and also Assistant Dean in Lingnan College, National Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. He is also Director and lead in the MIT Guangzhou Innovation Centre. In 2016, Jerry was inducted as one of the overseas talents in the Hundred Talents Program of Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Professor Cao has previously held professorial positions at the Lee Kong Chiang School of Business, Singapore Management University. He was the Co-director, Asia Private Equity Institute, jointly established by Government of Singapore Investment Corporate and Singapore Management University. Jerry earned his PhD in Finance from Boston College, USA, and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a BSc in Economics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Professor Cao’s primary research areas of interest include corporate finance and governance in the Chinese market. He has published numerous academic articles in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Banking and Finance. He has served as Special Issue Editor in the Pacific Basin Finance Journal and have also won many research excellence awards. Jerry is highly involved in industry practices. His research has been cited by high profile media such as the Wall Street Journal Business Weekly, The Economists, and The New York Times. He has consulted extensively with Chinese companies and is often invited to speak at high key events. He also offers commentaries on the economy and the financial markets in both international and Chinese TV stations. Jerry currently also serves as a board member in several companies in China.

Professor Cao taken time out to conduct public seminars on Financial Literacy events organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Securities Investors Association, Singapore.