Keyu Jin London, UK

Dr. Keyu Jin is a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.

Originally from Beijing, China, she holds a B.A., M.A. and PhD from Harvard University. Her research focuses on international macroeconomics and the Chinese economy.

Multiple academic works have been published in the top academic journals in Economics. Outside academia, she serves as a non-executive director to Richemont Group, the second largest luxury conglomerate. She also serves on  the working committee for China Banking Regulatory Committee on Fintech.

In recent years, she has focused on technology investments in China, and is a general partner at Sky9 capital, a leading venture fund in China. A columnist for Project Syndicate and Caixin Magazine, the main economics and finance magazine in China, she writes widely about the Chinese economy and global finance, and have made multiple op-ed contributions to the Financial Times.

She has had prior experience at the IMF, the World Bank, the New York FED, Goldman Sachs, as well as other financial institutions. She was named Young global leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014.

More recently, Jin has sought to help the next generation of fast-growing technology companies in China tap on Western capital, and is a general partner at Sky9 capital, a leading venture fund in China