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Dr Jenny Wang

Dr Jenny Wang
Name Jenny Wang
Position Lecturer (Finance)
Section School of Business
Office A337
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4402
Extension 4402
Email
Qualifications GDipRschMeth Qld , MBus QUT , PhD NUSingapore , PhD Qld
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80vwv/dr-jenny-wang
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Biography

Jenny has multidisciplinary education and research background in engineering, accounting, and finance/economics. She also has extensive industry experience working as an analyst and accounts manager in the banking and real estate sectors. She has collaborated with governments (APRA, ASIC, ATO, Queensland Rail), industry sectors (Rio Tinto, SunWater), professional parties (PWC, KPMG, BDO), and institutes/universities (UQ, QUT, Griffith Uni.). Jenny’s current research interests include climate/sustainable finance, TCFD, ESG, and innovative financial tools (e.g., weather index insurance) for risk transfer. Jenny was also a member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), 2022-2023. The TAG is an expert group of key financial market stakeholders and subject matter experts to provide technical input and advice to deliver the ASFI Taxonomy initiative, which aims to develop an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy and ultimately support the transition to net-zero emissions goals. Jenny has been awarded the CFA Institute's Certificate in ESG Investing. Jenny has recently secured the ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship in the inaugural round (2023).

Research Career


  • Financial Mathematics ( 490106 )
  • Banking ( 350200 )
  • Agricultural Economics ( 380101 )
  • Sustainability Accounting And Reporting ( 350107 )
  • Accounting ( 350100 )
  • Financial Institutions (incl. Banking) ( 350204 )
  • Numerical Solution Of Differential And Integral Equations ( 490303 )
  • Financial Accounting ( 350103 )
  • Numerical And Computational Mathematics ( 490300 )
  • Financial Econometrics ( 350203 )
  • Financial Economics ( 380107 )
  • Insurance Studies ( 350206 )
  • Environment And Climate Finance ( 350201 )
  • Numerical Analysis ( 490302 )
  • Applied Economics ( 380100 )
  • Finance ( 350202 )
  • Applied Mathematics ( 490100 )
  • Applied Economics not elsewhere classified ( 380199 )
  • Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation ( 410100 )
  • Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation not elsewhere classified ( 410199 )

CPA Australia
Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Certificate in ESG Investing, CFA Institute


Member of the Accounting & Finance Association of Australia & New Zealand (AFAANZ)


  • Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment (ILSE)
  • Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (CACS)

Supervision


  • Financial Mathematics ( 490106 )
  • Banking ( 350200 )
  • Agricultural Economics ( 380101 )
  • Sustainability Accounting And Reporting ( 350107 )
  • Accounting ( 350100 )
  • Financial Institutions (incl. Banking) ( 350204 )
  • Numerical Solution Of Differential And Integral Equations ( 490303 )
  • Financial Accounting ( 350103 )
  • Numerical And Computational Mathematics ( 490300 )
  • Financial Econometrics ( 350203 )
  • Financial Economics ( 380107 )
  • Insurance Studies ( 350206 )
  • Environment And Climate Finance ( 350201 )
  • Numerical Analysis ( 490302 )
  • Applied Economics ( 380100 )
  • Finance ( 350202 )
  • Applied Mathematics ( 490100 )
  • Applied Economics not elsewhere classified ( 380199 )
  • Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation ( 410100 )
  • Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation not elsewhere classified ( 410199 )