Chi has worked in China for Huatai Securities, in the Investment Banking Department, where she was responsible for Initial Public Offerings, and at the London Stock Exchange as an analyst.
[1] Chi completed a PhD in finance titled The performance and characteristics of the Chinese IPO market at the University of Reading in 2003.
[2] Chi then joined the faculty of the School of Economics and Finance at Massey University in 2004, rising to full professor in 2024.
Chi won the Ako Aotearoa 2013 award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching, with the citation describing her as "dedicated to communicating a complex discipline across cultural and geographical boundaries".
Chi developed a Bachelor of Business Finance with a pathway to Chartered Financial Analyst, and has also led Massey's international joint programme with Wuhan, where students complete two years in Wuhan before finishing with two years at Massey.