Clark Li Joins the Board of the National Association of Chinese Americans

Dr. Clark Li, Director of Global Investment Research at Balentine, has been elected to the 2012-2013 board of the National Association of Chinese Americans (NACA). NACA is a not-for-profit organization serving the Chinese American community.

Atlanta (I-Newswire) August 22, 2012 - Dr. Clark Li , Director of Global Investment Research at Balentine , has been elected to the 2012-2013 board of the National Association of Chinese Americans (NACA). NACA is a not-for-profit organization that has served the Chinese American community for more than 30 years by working to bridge cultures and build leaders.

Founded in 1979 by Nobel Laureate Dr. Cheng Ning Yang, the National Association of Chinese Americans works to promote business, economic, trade, cultural and educational exchanges between China and the United States. “I am very excited to be part of NACA, one of the most active organizations working to strengthen cultural and business relationships between China and the US,” said Li. “I am pleased to work with an organization that seeks to increase business and economic opportunities in Georgia.”

Li is Balentine’s Global Investment Research Director and leads the firm’s investment research as a member of the Investment Strategy Team. Li joined Balentine from the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) in China where he served as the Executive Manager of the Research Department. There, he led a team conducting research on investment strategy, market structure, trading mechanisms and market regulation. Before joining the SSE, Li worked for Wilmington Trust Investment Management in Atlanta as both a portfolio manager and senior analyst. Previously, he was a portfolio manager and senior analyst with Waddell & Reed Financial.

Li earned his MBA and Master of Quantitative and Computational Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Management Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University, one of the most prestigious universities in China. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Public Account (CPA) designations and has taught various CFA review courses and investment training sessions. He also serves as an inaugural member of the Woodruff Arts Center Roundtable, a group drawn from Atlanta’s business, government and creative communities whose mission is to forge connections between the Arts Center and broader, more diverse audiences.