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Yiwei Li is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Finance at the University of Essex's Essex Business School, a position she has held since 2019. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a PhD from the ICMA Centre and an MRes from Lancaster University. Her research focuses on Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, with notable contributions to understanding executive decision-making, board dynamics, and ESG disclosures.
Education background includes a PhD in Finance (ICMA Centre) and MRes in Finance (Lancaster University). Her teaching responsibilities include courses on Introduction to Finance, Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance.
Research interests emphasize CEO behavior in debt financing, gender diversity impacts on corporate policies, and environmental performance linkages. Her publications (11 journal articles and 2 reports) span topics like executive compensation, board governance structures, and cryptocurrency forecasting using advanced algorithms.
She has supervised three doctoral students: Xiaoling Xu (2025), Haolan Yang (2024), and Mengying Zhao (2021). Active in academic outreach, her work bridges theoretical finance concepts with real-world corporate governance challenges.
