Darson Chiu, Ph.D.
Darson Chiu, Ph.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
Asian Bankers Association
Dr. Darson Chiu is the current Secretary-Treasurer of the Asian Bankers Association (ABA) while holding simultaneously the position of Director General of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI).
Prior to taking charge of the ABA’s Secretariat, Dr. Chiu accumulated an extensive career. He was a Researcher at Department of International Affairs in the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) (1999 – 2024.) He then became Secretary-General of the Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (CTPECC) (2010 – 2021) and since 2014 until present, he has remained a Contract Researcher at the Taiwan Center for Security Studies, National Chengchi University.
In 2010 he was appointed Deputy Director of the Macroeconomic Forecasting Center at TIER until 2020. Since 2017 he has been a Professor in the Department of Economics at Tunghai University. Also, in 2017 he became a Member of the Editorial Board of the Modern Management Science & Engineering at the British International Journal, and one year later, 2018, he also became a Member of the International Economic and Trade Affairs Committee at the Chinese National Federation of Industries until present time.
He was an Outstanding Alumni of Department of Economics at Tunghai University in 2018 and Outstanding Alumni at the Yunlin County Tuku Elementary School’s 120th Anniversary in 2020. Since 2021 he has been Honorary Advisor of the Taiwan Southeast Asia and South Asia Association.
In terms of his academic background, Darson obtained his BA in Economics from Tunghai University in 1988 and went on to earn an MA in Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1994. Continuing his academic journey, he pursued a Ph.D. candidacy in Agriculture and Applied Economics at the same university. In 2007, Darson furthered his qualifications by obtaining a doctoral degree in Leadership in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, enriching his expertise in both theoretical and practical realms, especially in economics and organizational management.
