Professor Leung is the Foundation Head of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) School of Dentistry. With the support of the Irish Government, he launched the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme for RCSI in 2025, the first new undergraduate dentistry programme in Ireland for over a century. He qualified in dentistry at Dundee University (BDS), holds an LLM from Cardiff University, an MA from King’s College London, and a PhD from Portsmouth University. He is a Fellow in General Dental Surgery of RCSI, a Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry, and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. Professor Leung publishes widely in dental education and restorative dental practice. He has an extensive successful international leadership portfolio across three continents. He was formerly Professor of Dental Education, Head of Continuing Professional Development, and Director of the Restorative Dental Practice Programme at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, and successfully supervised over 100 Master’s dissertations. Professor Leung served as Dean of the RCSI Faculty of Dentistry from 2020 to 2023.He guided the Faculty through critical timely innovations and initiatives, which facilitated global remote deliveries of Continuing Professional Development programmes, and uninterrupted novel, International postgraduate dentistry examinations during and following the pandemic. He is a longstanding Academic Lead and Chief Examiner for the General Dental Council Overseas Registration Examination (ORE), and Chairs the ORE2 Board. He has achieved international distinction, including receipt of the Association of Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) Mature Career Dental Educator Award in 2017.