Chris Bell

Chris Bell is a Lecturer in Finance at the UQ Business School, University of Queensland, with over 20 years of banking industry experience. His research examines bank capital market decisions and their implications for financial stability.

Research focuses on systemic banking risks, bond market mechanisms, and financial crisis resilience. Recent work investigates motivations behind systemically important banks' bond market choices and their financial stability impacts.

Publications include analyses of green bonds' role in sustainable finance and assessments of Australian banking sector resilience under extreme stress scenarios. Professional affiliations include Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Banker Institute.