Rate My Professor Johnny Li

Johnny Li is a Professor in the Department of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School, where he holds the Tan Bingzhao Professorship in Actuarial Science. He earned a BSc and an MPhil from the University of Hong Kong and a PhD in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).

Professor Li’s research focuses on longevity risk securitization, stochastic mortality modeling, financial risk management, and related areas including reverse mortgages and the intersection of law and actuarial science. He is recognized for developing methods to price, hedge, and measure longevity risk. His contributions have earned awards such as the Society of Actuaries Redington Prize in 2019, the Edward A. Lew Award in 2006, the SCOR Actuarial Award in Asia in 2014, and the Annual Prize for the best paper in the North American Actuarial Journal in 2011. He serves as Editor of the Annals of Actuarial Science since 2021 and Co-Editor of the North American Actuarial Journal since 2012. From 2018 to 2020 he was Associate Director of the Actuarial Research Centre of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the United Kingdom, and from 2011 to 2015 he served on the Board of Directors of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association. He has co-chaired the International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference in 2012 and 2022 and delivered a keynote address at the Fourth International Seminar on Sciences for Green Development in 2017. Professor Li has led or contributed to multiple research grants from the Society of Actuaries and other organizations addressing climate change impacts on insurance and mortality dynamics.