The Saw Centre for Quantitative Finance has assembled a team of highly qualified talents to help achieve our objectives. The researchers at the Centre have collective experience and knowledge which are both broad and deep. Spearheading our activities will be the academics from NUS Business and Risk Management Cluster and other reputed universities. Their experience and in depth knowledge of financial research will be complemented by partnership with finance professionals, who have spent years developing their expertise through practical experience.

Professor Saw Swee Hock

PATRON, SAW CENTRE

ADMINISTRATION AND RESEARCH STAFF

INTERIM DIRECTOR
Professor Lee Seng Luan

ASSISTANT MANAGER
Wendy Lim May Lin

EXECUTIVE

Sean Peh Wee Siang

SAW CENTRE MANAGEMENT BOARD

Professor Tan Eng Chye (Chairperson)

Deputy President (academic affairs) and Provost

Professor Sun Yeneng

Head, Department of Economics

Professor Allaudeen Hameed

Head, Department of Finance

Professor Chong Chi Tat

Head, Department of Mathematics

Professor Anthony Kuk

Head, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

Besides a core group of highly qualified talents, the Saw Centre for Quantitative Finance also invites academics from other established universities to contribute to our research and activities. Their experience and in-depth knowledge of financial research will be complemented by partnership with finance professionals, who have spent years developing their expertise through practical experience. Competitive financial assistance will be offered to Visiting Faculty, Academic Visitors and Executives-in-Residence at Saw Centre.

If you would like to know more or participate in this initiative, please direct your enquiries to the Saw Centre.

VISITING FACULTY

Academics of other institutions may be appointed as visiting faculty at Saw Centre for Quantitative Finance and NUS Departments. The appointment can be at the level of Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor. Visiting faculty may undertake teaching assignments as well as impart technical expertise, collaborate on research, and conduct public lectures and research seminars. The duration of such appointments typically ranges from one month to a year. Visting faculty on teaching assignments are expected to commit two months to teach half a module or four months for a full module.

• Professor Kalok Chan 
  Chair Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Visiting Professor at Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance and Accounting, NUS Business School
  Period of appointment: 5 February to 31 March 2007 

• Professor Jennifer Conrad
  Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Distinguished Professor of Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Visiting Professor at Saw Centre for Financial Studies
  Period of appointment: 26 June to 3 July 2007 

• Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
  Goldyne and Irwin Hearsh Professor of Finance at the Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
  Visiting Professor at Saw Centre for Financial Studies
  Period of appointment: 17 July to 26 July 2007 

• Professor Thomas H. Noe
  Ernest Butten Professor of Management Studies, Said Business School, University of Oxford
  Visiting Professor at Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance
  Period of appointment: 23 June to 14 August 2008

• Professor Wayne Landsman
  KPMG Professor of Accounting, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
  Visiting Professor at Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Accounting
  Period of appointment: 4 March to 6 March 2009

Academic Visitors

Academics may also be attached to Saw Centre and NUS Departments on a casual basis for varying periods without formal appointment to collaborate on research and participate in the Centre's educational activities.

Executives-in-Residence

Specialist professionals and industry researchers may undertake part-time consultancy or research at Saw Centre. These appointments are targeted at fairly senior level and serve as recognition of the appointees' professional standing. Industry professionals are welcome to submit research proposals to the Saw Centre.

• Peter Lai Hock Meng
  Period of appointment: 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2006
• Rohan Bedi
  Period of appointment: 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007

New appointments will be updated on the Centre's website from time to time. If you would like to know more or participate in these initiatives, please direct your enquiries to the Saw Centre.