Keyu Jin is a tenured professor at the London School of Economics, is an adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission on fintech, and has advised and consulted with the World Bank and the IMF. Jin was born and raised in Beijing, China, and attended high school and college in the United States. She is a non-executive board member of both the luxury conglomerate Richemont, and the asset management company Stanhope and Forbes Trust. She holds a BA, MA, and PhD in economics from Harvard University, and resides with her family in London.