Biography

Tao Wang had been teaching for Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University. And he had been working at the Commodity Desk and FICC Department in China International Capital Corporation, and the Fixed Income Division of Morgan Stanley.

He has extensive experience in providing financial consulting services for risk management to various companies, and delivering lectures on hedging and risk management. Dr. Wang had also served as a review expert for the “Central Enterprise Derivative Business Expert Review Group”, assisting the China State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, CSRC, Ministry of Commerce, and State Administration of Foreign Exchange in evaluating and granting central enterprise derivative business qualifications.

Dr. Wang started practicing meditation in 2004. He has participated in the experiments on meditation and health directed by Harvard Medical School Professor Herbert Benson. Further he learned various Eastern medication methods. Meanwhile, he has studied psychological theories extensively. He spent more than 10 years on the research of meditation and investment/business decision-making. He wrote a book on the topic, Present and Centered: Decision-making Mindset.

Academic & Professional Qualification

• M.I.T., Engineering Systems Division, Ph.D.
• Fudan University, Master of Science in Economics
• Fudan University, Bachelor of Science in Electrical EngineeringTeaching
• Corporate Finance
• Simulation Trading in Equities and FICCResearch Interests
• Corporate risk management
• Emotion management and investment decisions
• Phenomenological approach to investment
• Pegged currency options and pricing mechanism
• Rare-event & uncertainty pricing
• High frequency trading in China markets