Douglas W. Arner

Douglas W. Arner is a Kerry Holdings Professor at the University of Hong Kong(HKU).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Professor

Douglas W. Arner
Professor Douglas W. Arner
EducationDrury College (BA covering literature, economics and political science)
Southern Methodist University (JD (cum laude))
University of London (Queen Mary College) (LLM (with distinction) in banking and finance law)
University of London (PhD)
OccupationKerry Holdings Professor in Law(HKU)

He is a Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, and a Non-Executive Director of Aptorum Group [NASDAQ: APM].[1]

He led the development of the world’s largest massive open online course (MOOC): Introduction to FinTech, launched on edX in May 2018, now spanning every country in the world, as part of the first online Professional Certificate in FinTech.[1]

Douglas interviews Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Charles Mok(right) on FinTech.

Education

He holds a BA from Drury College (where he studied literature, economics and political science), a JD (cum laude) from Southern Methodist University, an LLM (with distinction) in banking and finance law from the University of London (Queen Mary College), and a PhD from the University of London.[1]

Career

Douglas was the Sir John Lubbock Support Fund Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London.[1]

HKU

Douglas joined at HKU in 2000 and was the Director of the Faculty’s Asian Institute of International Financial Law(AIIFL) from 2006 to 2011; he co-founded AIIFL in 1999 along with the LLM in Corporate and Financial Law.[1]

Douglas served as Head of the Department of Law of the University of Hong Kong from 2011 to 2014.[1]

At HKU, he co-founded and is the Faculty Director of the LLM Compliance and Regulation, LLM Corporate and Financial Law, LITE (Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship), and EAIEL (East Asian International Economic Law and Policy) Programmes.[1]

He was Co-Director of the Duke University-HKU Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law from 2005 to 2016.[1]

Other activities
  • Douglas was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Australian Centre for International Finance and Regulation from 2010-2016.[1]
  • He was an inaugural member of the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council, on which he served from 2013-2019.[1]
  • He is co-founder and a member of the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Structured Finance Association, and a member of the Advisory Boards of SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator, the International RegTech Association and the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship.[1]
  • From 2012-2018, he served as Project Coordinator of a major five-year project funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme on “Enhancing Hong Kong’s Future as a Leading International Financial Centre”.[1]
  • He has lectured, co-organised conferences and seminars and been involved with financial sector reform projects in over 30 economies in Africa, Asia and Europe.[1]

Awards

In 2007, he received HKU’s Outstanding Young Researcher Award.[1]

Bibliography

Douglas specialises in economic and financial law, regulation and development.[1]

He is author, co-author or editor of fifteen books, and author or co-author of more than 150 articles, chapters and reports on related subjects.[1]

  • Arner, Douglas W. (2007), Financial Stability, Economic Growth, and the Role of Law, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521870474
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References
  1. "Professor Douglas Arner". University of Hong Kong. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. "Fintech courses put facts at the fingertips". South China Morning Post. 4 January 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. "Panama Papers reveal Hong Kong's murky financial underbelly". Hong Kong Free Press. 14 April 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. "Experts discuss how insurtech, GBA bring insurers new opportunities at industry forum". South China Morning Post. 20 December 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. "QU awarded international FinTech grant success". Gulf Times. 30 June 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. "FASL conducts 'Professional Certificate in Fintech and Blockchain'". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) via PressReader. 4 November 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. "Vietnam Blockchain Corporation CEO honoured by Global Academy of Finance and Management". Daily FT. 28 October 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. "FASL and FTAHK signs MOU in Hong Kong". Daily FT. 25 June 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  9. "FASL conducts 'Professional Certificate in Fintech and Blockchain'". Daily FT. 5 November 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  10. "Tokenising securities to raise capital focusing on Sri Lankan upmarket real estate". Daily FT. 17 May 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  11. "HKU host seminar on STO and RET". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 27 June 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  12. "Hong Kong seminar focuses on STO landscapes in HK, Singapore and Sri Lanka". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) via PressReader. 8 July 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.


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