Henrik Cronqvist

Dr. Cronqvist is Zhongkun Group Chair Professor of Finance at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and based in Shanghai, China. At CEIBS, Dr. Cronqvist conducts inter-disciplinary research and teaches finance, entrepreneurship, and management. He is a global leader of innovation in business education, promoting integration of research and teaching, and high-engagement discussion in the classroom.

Dr. Cronqvist received a Ph.D. in Finance from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, and an MS in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, he was the McMahon Family Chair of Corporate Finance and George R. Roberts Fellow at the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College, an elite liberal arts institution in California, with a strong track record of educating business and government leaders. Prior to that, Dr. Cronqvist was on the faculty at the Ohio State University, where he was a recipient of "The Pace Setters Outstanding Research Award," the Fisher College of Business' annual award for research contributions among its faculty. He is also an Affiliated Researcher at the Swedish Institute for Financial Research.

Dr. Cronqvist’s broad research interests include corporate finance, behavioural finance, and management. His research has been published in top journals in economics and finance, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. Based on his research, he is regularly invited to give seminars at conferences and universities and to policy makers around the world. Several of his research papers have been recognised with "Best Paper Awards" at international academic conferences. His research has been featured in The Economist, Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal, among other outlets.

Dr. Cronqvist has extensive teaching experience in the areas of corporate valuation, investment banking and M&A, corporate governance, and private equity, at the MBA, EMBA, and Ph.D. levels in the US, Europe, and China. He has developed many business cases and clinical studies that illustrate complex financial transactions and management decisions. He is also active in executive and entrepreneurial education and coaching, and he has designed, delivered, and managed open and in-company education programmes in emerging financial markets in Asia and Latin America. Dr. Cronqvist provides frequent consulting for multinational companies in the areas of corporate finance and management.