David Yu

David Yu is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance at NYU Shanghai. He focuses on investing and financing cross border and on real and digital assets. He teaches a variety of investing and financing related courses at NYU Shanghai and in NYU Stern/Shanghai's Masters of Quantitative Finance Program and previously in NYU Stern/HKUST's Masters of Global Finance Program. Yu is the Chairman of AAVA Group, a global valuation and advisory firm and CIO/CFO of Inception Holdings. Prior to his full time appointment, he was previously an Adjunct Professor of Finance at NYU for many years.

Yu is a recognized expert and thought leader in cross border finance and investing. In addition, Yu has extensive experience in direct investments and financing across industries globally. He also acts as a board member and senior advisor for funds and companies. Prof Yu is a frequently invited speaker at leasing, investment, and finance industry conferences and has been interviewed in the top industry and general publications. He is a regular opinion columnist, editor, and commentator for various media outlets including Nikkei Asia, Forbes, Airfinance Journal, Airline Economics, etc. His acclaimed book "Aircraft Valuation: Airplane Investments as an Asset Class" was published by Palgrave MacMillan and cited by top publications and media.

Yu is also a faculty member at the Center for Business Education and Research. For more information about the center, please visit https://research.shanghai.nyu.edu/cber. He is a Fellow at Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise. He is a Senior ISTAT Certified Aviation Appraiser, where he is the only one in China and North Asia and one of ~20 globally. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He is the Editor in Chief of The Journal of Aviation Finance and Law. He is a Member of the Technical Standing Committee at the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation. He is also a Standing Committee Member on Aviation Market Economics and Analysis at the Transportation Research Board (TRB), as part of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Education

• CFA Charterholder
  CFA Institute
• Senior Certified Aviation Appraiser
  International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT)
• Fellow
  Royal Aeronautical Society
• PhD, Finance
  University of Nottingham School of Business
• MBA
  NYU Stern School of Business
• MS, Systems Analysis and Applied Economics
  The Johns Hopkins University