Tutorial Team

Prof. David S. Lee is an award-winning teacher that is active broadly in the areas of ethics, fintech, leadership, law, and corporate governance. A recipient of multiple teaching awards, David is the first business academic to ever receive a UGC Teaching Award, the highest university teaching honor in Hong Kong. David feels teaching is a wonderful privilege and enjoys being in the classroom and engaging with students.

Combining his interests in ethics, finance, technology, and teaching, David is a co-instructor for a first of its kind massive open online course (MOOC) titled, FinTech Ethics and Risks. David is also co-author of the first Asia focused business ethics textbook, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, An Asia Edition (Cengage Learning Asia, 2019). His commentary and writing regularly appear in print and broadcast media and have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Arirang TV, Handelsblatt, the Nikkei Asian Review, The Korea Times, and the South China Morning Post.

Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, David worked in investment management. He started his career at Goldman Sachs and also has experience as a lawyer, in management consulting, and working with entrepreneurial ventures.

David received his legal education from UCLA, graduate degrees from the LSE and Harvard, post-graduate training at Cambridge, and his undergraduate education from Brigham Young University.

Previously, David served as the inaugural Director for career development at HKU Business School and is especially interested in helping students as they consider and prepare for different career and life paths.

David and his family are excited to be part of the Shun Hing College community.