Kok Seng Kiong

a headshot of an asian man in suit smiling
School: The Business School
Department: Economics & Finance
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: seng.kok2@rmit.edu.vn

Seng is currently Lecturer in Finance at RMIT where his teaching is focused on core financial topics such as corporate and international finance, financial risk management and derivatives, and financial markets. His research interests include examining corporate governance mechanisms within alternative financial systems, market microstructure, and blockchain use-cases and governance.

Ph.D., M.Sc., BA(Hons), PGCHE

Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial Markets, Alternative Financial Systems, Islamic Finance, Blockchain, Fintech

Corporate Governance, Islamic Finance, Blockchain Use-cases And Governance

  • Kok, S. K., Akwei, C., Giorgioni, G., and Farquhar, S. (2022) On the regulation of the intersection between religion and the provision of financial services: Conversations with market actors within the global Islamic financial services sector, Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 59, online first, DOI:10.1016/j.ribaf.2021.101552 (ABS: 2*, ABDC Ranking: B, SCI: Q1, Citescore: 4.9)
  • Kok, S. K., Giorgioni, G., and Farquhar, S. (2022) The trade-off between knowledge accumulation and independence: The case of the Shariah supervisory board within the Shariah governance and firm performance nexus, Vol. 59, online first, DOI:10.1016/j.ribaf.2021.101549 (ABS: 2*, ABDC Ranking: B, SCI: Q1, Citescore: 4.9)
  • Kok, S. K. (2021)Economic digitisation and management practice, International Journal of Management Practice,Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 637 – 644 (ABS: 1*, SCI: Q4, Citescore: 0.8)
  • Kok, S. K. and Filomeni, S. (2020) The holding behavior of Shariah financial assets within the global Islamic financial sector: A macroeconomic and firm-based model, Global Finance Journal, online first, DOI:10.1016/j.gfj.2020.100557 (ABS: 2*, ABDC Ranking: A, SCI: Q2, Citescore: 2.5)
  • Kok, S. K. (2020) The branding of religious financial institutions in the UK: Conversations with market actors within the Islamic financial sector, Journal of Islamic Marketing, ahead of print, DOI: 10.1108/JIMA-01-2020-0016 (ABDC Ranking: B, SCI: Q2, Citescore: 3)
  • Giorgioni, G. and Kok, S. K. (2016) Empirical Assessment of the Finance-Growth Nexus in Frontier Markets, In Andrikopoulos et al., Handbook of Frontier Markets, U.K.: Elsevier

  • 2020: Academic Development Grant, received £16,800 for student development via international mobility programme U.K.
  • 2019: Research Development Grant, received £40,000 of match funding for LCR Activate providing academic support to local SMEs in the Liverpool region U.K.
  • 2018: Research Grant, received £2,000 of mainstream quality research (QR) funding

Jan 2021 - Present: An Integrated Model for examining factors of Corporate Governance that influence Performance of Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam by Phuong Nguyen

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • Faculty Recognition Award, Excellence in Digital Education, Liverpool John Moores University U.K. – 2021
  • Nominee, Best Teaching Team in John Moores Student Union Amazing Teaching Awards, Liverpool John Moores University - 2020

Academic consultant – LCR Activate

  • Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance – Liverpool John Moores University (Dec 2015 – June 2021)
  • Lecturer in International Finance – University of Wolverhampton (Mar 2012 – Nov 2015)