Dr. Chenyang (Jason) Wei is Director and Head of Credit Risk Research in the Asset Management Group of American International Group (AIG). His team conducts credit market surveillance and sector fundamental research in support of AIG’s multi-billion credit portfolios (+$300bn). Before joining AIG in 2012, he was a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and earlier an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His previous experience in the regulatory domain includes U.S. bank stress testing, credit surveillance and model validation, bank governance and compensation reform, etc. His research articles were published in top-tier academic or policy journals including Review of Financial Studies and Economic Policy Review.
He is a regular presenter at academic/regulatory/industrial conferences, and has done executive teaching for a number of institutions including People Bank of China School of Finance (PBCSF) at Tsinghua University, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Cheung Kung Graduate School of Business, Moody’s, etc.
Dr. Wei is currently Chairman of Board of The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA), the largest global association of Chinese finance professionals with 6000+ members worldwide. He is former TCFA President (2014-2015) and Chair of TCFA New York Chair. He founded TCFA Best Paper program in 2006 and TCFA Best Paper Symposium in 2010, TCFA’s flagship academic programs. Dr. Wei is also a Board member of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management North-America Alumni Association.
Dr. Wei holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Stern School of Business at New York University, a M.S. in Economics from University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. (Finance) from Tsinghua University.
