Lau Wee Yeap is Professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics and academic board member of Asia-Europe Institute. He was MEXT Scholar at Osaka University, AUA Scholar at UAEU, Visiting Scholar at NUS Risk Management Institute, Wenzao Ursuline University, and Visiting Scholar under NTL Fellowship. He also attended an Education Program at the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University. In addition to the AsianFA/FMA Doctoral Student Award at AsianFA Conference in Taipei (2004), Kuala Lumpur (2005) and Auckland (2006), he received the Best Paper Award at the 23rd and 24th Malaysian Finance Association International Conference in 2021 and 2022, Best Paper Award at the University-Industry Talent Bridging Conference from the Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR) in 2023, and the 15th MAPIM-KPT Best Journal Paper Award in Humanities and Social Sciences-National Index in 2024. He has authored two books under Palgrave Macmillan, a professional text for the Malaysian Insurance Institute, and edited two books for University Press, in addition to 70 journal articles indexed in the Web of Science collection. Beyond academia, he serves as EXCO member of Malaysian Economic Association and Vice Chairman of Japan Graduates Association of Malaysia (JAGAM) Central Branch.