Dr. Kang Qu

Dr. Kang Qu, Bank of China (Hong Kong)

Managing Director, Sustainability Strategy

Deputy General Manager, Economics & Strategic Planning Department

Deputy General Manager, Hong Kong Financial Research Institute of Bank of China

Dr. Kang Qu is Managing Director of Sustainability Strategy Bank of China (Hong Kong). He also holds the role of Deputy General Manager in Economics & Strategic Planning Department of the bank and Hong Kong Financial Research Institute of Bank of China since 2022.

Dr. Qu joined Bank of China in London in 2006 to head the research and strategic planning team, overseeing macro-economic research of the EMEA region and leading strategy planning and implementation for Bank of China’s business in the UK.

Dr. Qu also represents the bank in different international sustainability organizations. Dr. Qu is vice president of Hong Kong Green Finance Association and a Member of Directors of the China International Finance Society and a member of the Data Working Group led by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

He participated in Shanghai’s “14th Five-Year Plan” International Financial Center Development Research Project, actively promoting synergy between Shanghai and Hong Kong in financial center development.

He has published over 50 papers in international journals, focusing on global banking, economic finance, and the positioning and functional expansion of Hong Kong as an international green finance center.

Dr. Qu earned his PhD in Finance from University of Durham in the UK. He also received a MSc degree from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a BSc degree in Computer Science and Technology from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).