Yong Tan is a senior lecturer in the Department of Strategy, Marketing and Economics at the University of Huddersfield Business School, UK. His research interests are in the area of banking performance, banking competition, as well as stability in the banking sector. He has authored and coauthored research articles in various high quality academic journals. His book Performance, Risk and Competition in the Chinese Banking Industry was published by Elsevier in 2014. He has presented his research at international academic conferences held in Ireland and Australia.