Dr Chelsea Yao

Dr Chelsea Yao is am Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Finance and PhD Director at Lancaster University Management School. She was Visiting Research Professor in 2015 and hold the same position from 2019-2023 at New York University Stern School of Business. She received PhD in Finance from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Master in Finance from Durham University, United Kingdom. She has published on momentum, contrarian, seasonality, mutual funds and firm’s ESG performance. Her current research interests lie in ESG ratings, fund’s ESG performance and disclosure, mutual funds, ETFs and hege funds.