Zhehao (PhD, FIA, FSA, CERA) was the program director of the BSc actuarial science program of XJTLU. Under his service, the program has been awarded Jiangsu Brand Programme Development Projects: Phase II (2022.09-2025.08) and Phase III (2024.01-2027.12, 1,095,000RMB). His research expertise focuses on the actuarial modelling and empirical study. He is holding strategic cooperation agreements with a number of Chinese Insurtech companies. These contracts mainly focus on the new trends of insurance companies, including Insurteach and related data analysis. In terms of teaching, he has been awarded the second prize in the Jiangsu Micro Lecture and Micro Module Competition, and the Teaching Innovation Award from the School. He designed the first course at the university to receive accreditation from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. He has also led students to achieve outstanding results in international and national competitions on multiple occasions, such as winning first prize (second place nationally) in the 2024 Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition.

Investment strategy, including market efficiency, mean reversion behaviour.

Probability and statistics, including risk process and distribution theory, fractional process in longevity modelling, stability of the financial system.

Insurtech, including measurement of Insurtech at the firm level, and impact of Insurtech on the performance of the firm.

Zhehao joined XJTLU at 2019 after he finished his PhD in University of Melbourne. Before that, He did his master degree in University of Kent, where he achieved most of IFoA exemptions with three ST subjects: ST6 Finance and Investment B, ST8 Pricing, and ST9 Enterprise Risk Management. The final exam he passed is SA7 Finance and Investment. Zhehao has also served as an actuarial staff in two general insurance companies.

MTH439 Dissertation project

MTH433 Actuarial mathematics

MTH411 Dissertation

MTH312 Stochastic modelling in insurance and finance

MTH301 Final year project

MTH205Introduction to Statistical Methods

MTH120 Theory of interest

MTH012 Introduction to insurance

MTH008 Calculus

2020Jiangsu Province Innovation Entrepreneurship Doctor-Talent Program

2022China Insurance Cup, 5^th rank, 3^rd prize and RMB5000, “A quantitative analysis of InsurTech-powered industry development in China”

2024XJTLU Academic Excellence Awards, Teaching Innovation Award (SMP)

2024Jiangsu Micro Lecture and Micro Module Competition, 2^nd prize, “Fund Performance and Yield Measurement”

2025Suzhou Mathematical Society Outstanding Young Paper Award, 1^st prize

As supervisors:

1. 2021SURF, 3^rd Student-Nominated (Most Welcome) Winner, “The analysis and forecast of the Chinese market efficiency”
2. 2022SURF, 1^st Student-Nominated (Most Welcome) Winner, “An investment strategy based on the arrival process of abnormal accounting ratios”
3. 2022The 14^th China Forum for Risk Management and Actuarial Science & International Conference on Actuarial Science and Insurance, 2^nd prize, “High temperature insurance for low carbon transformation enterprise-ESG based evaluation system”
4. 2022The 14^th China Forum for Risk Management and Actuarial Science & International Conference on Actuarial Science and Insurance, 3^rd prize, “Green bond protection insurance”
5. 2023The 2^nd Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition (Provincial), 1^st prize for graduates, 1^st and 2^nd prizes for undergraduates
6. 2023The 2^nd Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition (Final), 2^nd prize for graduates, 3^rd prize for undergraduates
7. 2023The 1^st Jiangsu Postgraduate Fintech Innovation competition, 2^nd prize, “The impact of Fintech on Jiangsu Rural Revitalization”
8. 2024The 7^th Xinbao Cup, 2^nd prize, “Intellectual Property Insurance”
9. 2024SURF, Student-Nominated (Most Welcome) Winner, “Reliablity of Financial System Modelling”
10. 2024SURF, Student-Nominated (Most Welcome) Winner, “Quantative analysis on the core competitiveness of insurance companies-a digial perspective”
11. 2024SURF, Student-Nominated (Most Welcome) Winner, “Longevity risk modelling and management”
12. 2024The 3^rd Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition (Provincial), 1^st prize for graduates, 1^st and 3^rd prizes for undergraduates
13. 2024Global Trading Challenge, Global Top 100, 36^th out of 2424 teams
14. 2024The 3^rd Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition (Final), 1^st prize for graduates, 1^st prizes for undergraduate
15. 2025The 4^th Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition (Provincial), 1^st prizes for graduates, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prizes for undergraduates
16. 2025The 4^th Big Data Analysis Technology Skills Competition (Final), 1^st and 3^rd prizes for graduates, 2^nd prize for undergraduate