Prof. Weiguo Zhang is Professor in Practice at the Dishui Lake Advanced Finance Institute, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE). He serves as Independent Director and Chairman of the Auditing Committee of China Construction Bank, and Chairman of the Accounting Expert Advisory Committee of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Capitals Coalition.
Prof. Zhang received his PhD in Economics from SUFE. He previously served as Head of SUFE’s Department of Accounting and as a PhD supervisor at both SUFE and Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management. From 1997 to 2007, he was Chief Accountant and International Director of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. From 2007 to 2017, he was a Board Member of the International Accounting Standards Board, the first from China.
He has published extensively in Chinese and English and has received multiple national recognitions, including the Special Government Award of the State Council in 2005.