Key details
Dr Lianfeng Quan
Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance and Academic Portfolio Lead (Finance)
Dr Lianfeng Quan has a diverse background including economics, management, banking and finance. Lianfeng holds a PhD in banking and an MBA in Banking and Finance from Bangor University, UK and an MSc in Management Engineering from Shanghai University, China. In addition, he holds a BSc in Technical Economy from Harbin Engineering University, China. He also passed Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) exams. Lianfeng received an Overseas Research Students Award (ORS) during his PhD studies.
Before Lianfeng moved to University of Greenwich, he was the programme leader for MBA Banking and Finance in University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. He also has five years' banking treasury work experience. Dr Quan is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Responsibilities within the university
- Academic Portfolio Lead in Finance
- Programme Lead for BA Business with Accounting
- Module leader
- Financial Markets and Risk, MSc
- Principles of Finance, MSc
- Managing Business Finance, BSc
- MPhil/PhD supervision
- Xin Wen: An empirical comparison of fine art market and conventional financial market performance in the UK, the U.S. and China
- Barbara Koranteng: Financial Technology and Its Implication for Bank Risk, Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability: Evidence from Both Developed and Developing Countries
- Elia Perrot: The Impact of financial technology on bank efficiency, performance and risk-taking behaviour
- Xinyue Xiao: A multidimensional knapsack model for the overall resource allocation of the banking
Awards
Staff Awards
- 2025 - Awarded Green Initiative Award, Staff Award 2025
- 2024 - Leading module team to win Green Initiative Award, Staff Award 2024
PhD Supervision Scholarship
- PVC PhD scholarship September 2020
PhD Awards
- Overseas Research Student (ORS) Awards, British Council, 2005-2007
- PhD Student Grant, Bangor University, 2005-2007
Recognition
Recognition and recent training
- Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE), Chartered Association of Business Schools, 2024
- Senior Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (SHEA), 2018
- Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2012
- Member of the Scholarship Excellence in Business Education (SEBE) - University of Greenwich (UoG)
- Member of Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA), University of Greenwich
- Editorial member, Journal of Economics and Public Finance
- Reviewer, Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds
External examiner
- University of Portsmouth
- Kingston University
- London South Bank University
- Anglia Ruskin University
Research / Scholarly interests
- Funds transfer pricing and performance measurement
- Financial markets and risk management
- Bank performance management and control
Recent publications
Articles
- Quan, L., Reilly, D., (2024). Mastering the transition: induction activities for Chinese students to facilitate adaption to the UK learning environment, Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, University of Greenwich.
- Quan, L., Gao, X., (2024). Fostering the Success of Direct Entry Chinese Students through Cross-Cultural Awareness, Creativity and Enterprise, and Scholarship and Autonomy, Advanced Higher Education, UK.
- Decker, S. George, R., Sims, S., Quan, L., Willson, R., Mateo. M., Eranova, M., Caussat, P., Achilli, G., Cerasuolo, D., Pullen, M., Girdley, R., Pashchenko, A. (2024). Embedding multiple disciplinary affiliation identities in shared modules to enhance curriculum design, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
- Quan, L., (2024). Strengthening MSc Programmes by Embedding Sustainability in A Shared Core Module, SEDA online.
- Chen, Y.-H. and Quan, L. (2013), "Rational Speculative Bubbles in the Asian Stock Markets: Tests on Deterministic Explosive Bubbles and Stochastic Explosive Root Bubbles", Journal of Asset Management, 14-3, pp195-208.
- Chen, Y.-H., Quan, L. and Liu, Y. (2013) "An Empirical Investigation on the Temporal Properties of China's GDP", China Economic Review, Volume 27, pp69-81.
Working papers
- Quan, L. and Chen, Y.-H (WIP), "A Funds Transfer Pricing Model Measuring Risk Adjusted Bank Performance"
- Chen, Y.-H and Quan, L. (WIP), "Relationship between Trading Volume and Stock Market Volatility: Evidence based on Information Flow Interpretation"
Research project and conference
- Getti, G., Tsay, H., Quan, L., and Van, M. Using feedback to start a conversation with students, Teaching and Learning Conference 2024: Future-Focused Education: Innovation, Inclusion, and Impact.
- Decker, S., Eranova, M., Pullen, E., and Quan, L., 2023, research project: Embedding multi-disciplinary affiliation identities in shared modules to enhance curriculum design, funded by Advanced Higher Education, UK.
- Liu, X., You, K., Quan, L., 2023, research project: Factors affecting corporate digital transformation: Perspective from Chinese culture, funded by PEGFA, University of Greenwich.
- Tsay, H., Getti, G., Quan, L., and Van, M., 2024, research project: Breaking attainment barriers: Understanding student challenges in assessment preparation and preferences for pre-assessment support, University of Greenwich.