Faculty
PhD - DBA, The City University of Hong Kong
Biography
Professor Stan Ho is a seasoned investment banking and credit rating expert, having held senior management positions at global and China credit rating agencies with solid experience in Asia Pacific credit rating and capital market transactions, green finance and ESG rating. He has ECM, DCM and M&A experience in CS First Boston, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. He was with Fitch Ratings from 2003 to 2013, with his last position as the Head of Non-Japan Asia structured finance group. His oversight included securitisation, covered bonds and REIT corporate rating for Non-Japan Asian issuers. He was the founding CEO, Executive Director and Responsible Officer of Lianhe Ratings Global Limited (the Hong Kong based subsidiary of one of the two largest domestic credit rating agencies in Mainland China) between 2017 and 2023.
Prof Ho is currently the Chairman of ARC Ratings (Asia Pacific) Limited and the Advisory Board Member of ARC Risk Group (the parent company of ARC Ratings and ARC Analytics). Prof Ho is the Senior Advisor APAC for CarringtonCrisp, a London-headquartered consulting firm focusing on higher education.
Prof Ho has solid and direct green finance and certification experience. Prof Ho is the Chief Representative of SynTao Green Finance International Ltd. with direct experience in external review of sustainable finance framework and green and sustainability-linked financing of Chinese and Hong Kong companies. Prof Ho is the Stakeholder Group Member of Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) having served for seven years as the Green Finance Certification Scheme Technical Committee Member, where he is one of the approval members of the HKQAA green certification of the bonds issued, and loans borrowed, by Chinese and Hong Kong corporates and financial institutions.
Prof Ho graduated with BBA in Information Systems from HKUST, MBA from University of Cambridge, and DBA from CityU. Prof Ho is awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by CityU College of Business in 2022. Prof Ho is EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA®) and SGS ESG Reporting Analyst. Prof Ho completed Managerial Psychology in Practice at CEIBS, Artificial Intelligence Implications for Business Strategy in MIT Sloan School for Business and Oxford Mindfulness for Life course.
How do you combine theoretical concepts with the latest industry practices and business trends?
I always use my past and current work experience to start a topic, by linking my experience and cases to the theoretical concepts
What books would you recommend CityUHK MBA students to read? Why?
HBR Article “Why You Should Build a “Career Portfolio” by April Rinne in October, 2021
What business topics should CityUHK MBA students be the most familiar with when they graduate from our program?
One core business area (e.g. accounting, finance, marketing etc.) related to MBA students’ core job functions, together with 1) managing upwards, 2) disruptive innovation, 3) sustainability and 3) artificial intelligence
One career advice to our CityUHK MBA students?