Dr Xiaowen Gao

Dr Xiaowen Gao BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance

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Dr Xiaowen Gao

Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance


Xiaowen obtained her PhD from Henley Business School and previously gained a MSc in International Securities Investment and Banking from ICMA Centre at the University of Reading.

Xiaowen joined the University of Greenwich in 2014 as a senior lecturer. She teaches on modules in Accounting, Finance and Economics at the University and internationally in China and Vietnam. She currently is an external examiner for the University of Surrey and the University of Southampton.

Prior to joining the University, Xiaowen taught at the University of Reading and Coventry University London where she was the programme leader for the MBA Global Financial Services course.

Xiaowen started her career as a financial market trader on one of the futures markets in Beijing, she then became an equity analyst at Shenzhen Nanshan Asset Management. Xiaowen was awarded Qualified Securities Analyst by the Securities Association of China and Qualified Managerial Accountant by the Ministry of Finance China.