Mr. James Yuenong Xu, Professor of Practice in Finance and Director of Strategy Trading and Risk Management Lab（STAR Lab）at the International School of Finance, Fudan University.

Prof. Xu has a Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Yale University, and won the Ph.D. Graduate Award in Engineering and Applied Science“The Henry Prentiss Becton Prize” at graduation. He has more than 25 years of management experience in quantitative investment and hedge fund management. His past experiences include the head of derivatives research group at JPMorgan Chase in New York, head of exotic options trading desk at J.P. Morgan, senior option trader at Deutsch Bank in New York, and head of options trading desk at HSBC in New York. He also had managed the Global Volatility Hedge Funds in New York and in London. After returned to China, he ran the Fixed Income Fund Management Department, International Fund department and Hedge Fund Managed Account Group at Goutai Fund Management Company. He then became the general manager of the Strategy Trading Department at Shenwan Hongyuan Securities. Professor Xu is one of founders of COBE Investment Management Company.

(Updated by July 2024)