Sunny Chen Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

North York, Ontario, Canada

My research interest is primarily corporate governance; our current paper coauthored with Professor Kee-Hong Bae (York University) and Prof. John Wei (HK Polytechnic) examines the effect of executive gender quotas on stock price and the channels through which we see these effects.Presenting the aforementioned paper at Canadian Sustainable Finance Network's conference at University of Victoria in August 2022. Research relationships and inquiries are welcome.

Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Manages tutorial prep for MBA Finance students; option pricing and capital budgeting• Contracted to conduct one-on-one tutoring sessions for pre-MBA students in quantitative analysis and statistics

Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Thesis: “The effect of stock price crash risk on insider trading behaviour”o Used R to create crash risk variables and study the relationship with insider sales • Collaborative case study: “Corporate social responsibility as strategy in the Ultimate Fighting Championship”• Courses studied: Management Theory, Current Issues in Management (Business Analysis), Quantitative Methods, Quantitative Sociology, Research Methods, and Seminar in Accounting• Strong focus on using research and data analysis to improve processes and guide corporate strategy

Thunder Bay, On

• Responsible for assisting professors in grading and proctoring exams and assignments • Managed tutorial prep for MBA program’s managerial economics

Toronto, Canada Area

• Project was based on optimizing pharmaceutical marketing and promotional efforts• Analyzed economic and social impact of promotional decisions using Excel

• Responsible for lead generation, prospecting, relationship building, and leveraging relationships to sell our services• Developed comprehensive understanding of accounting, finance, IT, and corporate services lines of business to drive new business opportunities• Work closely with recruiting specialists to find the best fit between a client’s needs and a candidate’s skillset and experience

• Acted as a front-line representative and serviced customers in a friendly manner while managing client complaints to maintain a high level of customer service and mitigate brand risk• Consistently ranked top half in GTA market, based on individual referrals, sales, and risk compliance, as well as branch revenue and productivity• Made over 250 referrals in fiscal year 2015 that lead to sales of accounts, credit cards, mortgages, and lines of credits totalling over $1 million in bank business• Continued education through e-learning about bank procedures, policies, and effective sales techniques

• Assisted in field data collection for a study of forest epiphyte plant diversity• Organized and analysed data in Excel to chart patterns and find trends in epiphyte ecology • Secondary duties included meeting with PhD candidates to assist in proofreading manuscripts for journal submission

Msc, Management

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Finance And Economics

Activities and Societies: University of Toronto Sports Business Basketball Team

International Baccalaureate Programme