Soon Leong

About

Overview

Soon Heng Leong is a PhD candidate at Cass Business School, City, University of London. He is associated with the Centre for Econometric Analysis under the sponsorship of “PhD Studentship in Memory of Ana Timberlake 2017/2021”. The studentship involves teaching assistance within Timberlake training courses at Cass Business School, European Central Bank, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. His current research interest is on modelling and testing systemic risk with applications in the banking and insurance sectors including shadow activities.

Soon is also a competitive badminton player and he actively represents the university in various tournaments. Prior to joining Cass, he was employed by WSP (one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms) as a structural design engineer in Singapore.

Qualifications

1. MEng, University of Bradford, UK
2. MSc, Cass Business School, UK

Research

1^st supervisor

• Professor Giovanni Urga, Professor of Finance & Econometrics & Director of the Centre for Econometric Analysis

Professional activities