Peng Chen

Peng Chen, CFA, is Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Dimensional Fund Advisors. He is a member of Dimensional’s investment policy committee and chair of the firm’s global defined contribution committee. Dr. Chen also serves as an adjunct professor of finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Previously, he served as president of Morningstar’s global investment management division, which consists of Morningstar’s investment consulting, retirement advice, and investment management operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Dr. Chen also served as president and chief investment officer at Ibbotson Associates. He is a contributing editor to the Asian Financial Planning Journal and is a three-time recipient of the Financial Analysts Journal’s prestigious Graham and Dodd Scroll Award. Dr. Chen also won the Retirement Income Industry Association’s 2012 Academic Thought Leadership Award. He holds a BS in industrial engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology and an MS and a PhD from The Ohio State University.