Prof Zhou is an HoD and  senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics. He specialises in Economics, Banking and Finance. In addition, he is also interested in working with start-up businesses, young entrepreneurs and young professionals as a business consultant and financial advisor.

He has experience in teaching Economics, Banking and Finance modules at undergraduate and Honours level. Prof Zhou is also involved with supervision of Masters and Doctoral students in the Faculty. He also mentors students in competitions such as the Nedbank/Old Mutual Budget Speech competition and the CFA Research challenge, where he is the Faculty representative.

Qualifications:

• Dcom Economics (Unizulu),
• Mcom Financial Economics (GZU),
• Honours Bcom Economics (UNISA),
• Bsc Honours Economics (UZ)

Research interests:

• Financial Economics,
• Macroeconomics,
• Research and Quantitative Analysis.

Professional membership: 

• Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA)
• Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA).