He is a Senior Lecturer with over 10 years of successful experience in litigation, corporate law, and in-house corporate practice. He has consistently been recognized for his performance excellence and contributions to the legal industry, particularly in dispute resolution within the commercial and corporate sectors, as well as environmental law. He has worked in legal practice and served as in-house counsel for Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd, where he held roles as Regulator and Litigation Senior Associate. Following this, he moved to the Big 4 firm Deloitte Malaysia, where he worked as a Senior Consultant in the Indirect Tax team. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in International Law of the Sea and Environmental Law. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, where he teaches courses in Law of Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Commercial Law.

Dr. Noor Hasliza is an experienced and accomplished nursing professional with over 28  years of service in the healthcare industry. She began her nursing career in 1997 as a Staff Nurse at Pusat Perubatan University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). With a specialization in Post Basic Orthopedic and Traumatology, Dr. Noor Hasliza quickly advanced in her career, taking on leadership roles. In 2002, she became the Unit Manager at the Urology & Plastic Maxillofacial Ward at UKM. Her educational journey includes completing a clinical attachment at the Urology Unit of Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia, in 2006, and earning her Bachelor's in Post Registration Nursing from Monash University. Between 2007 and 2008, she pursued further education at International University College Technology Twintech, and by 2011, she was appointed Programme Coordinator for the Diploma in Nursing at the same institution. Dr. Noor Hasliza later completed her Master in Education with a specialization in Nursing Education from AEU University. In 2014, she became the Programme Coordinator and taught Advanced Diploma in Orthopedic Nursing at the International University Malaya-Wales. Her dedication to professional development extended beyond her academic roles, as she became a committee member of the Infection Control Association, a member of the Malaysian Nurses Association (MNA), and part of the Special Interest Group (SIG) in education. Her passion for learning and expanding her expertise led her to complete clinical training in Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute under the China Embassy and the Ministry of Health Malaysia in late 2014. She also contributed to the China Aid Alumni Association of Malaysia (CAAM) from 2015, serving as a pro team committee member and writing articles for their magazine. In 2015, Dr. Noor Hasliza completed training as a Clinical Instructor Assistant in healthcare under the Department of Skills Development (SKM), Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia. Her commitment to advancing nursing knowledge culminated in a PhD in Social Sciences and Nursing Management from AEU University, which she completed in May 2022. Dr. Noor Hasliza has held prominent academic positions, including serving as a nursing lecturer in the School of Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at UCSI University (2015-2018) and as a nursing lecturer and Programme Leader for both the Diploma and Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) programs at Sunway University (2019-2024). In 2024, she was appointed as an Auditor for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) for nursing program since 2024 till present. Currently, Dr. Noor Hasliza is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Malaya, where she assists with the APEL C program for post-Diploma students. She also serves as an examiner for the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and participates as an internal examiner for research programs at the Master’s and Bachelor’s levels in Nursing.

Rajah Rasiah is Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya. He obtained his doctorate in Economics from Cambridge University in 1992, and was a Rajawali fellow at Harvard University in 2014. He was the first holder of the Khazanah Nasional Chair of Regulatory Studies and served as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya in 2009-2010 and 2013-2014. He was a member of the GLOBELICS scientific board over the period 2012-2017, Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT from 2004 till 2024, Senior Research Associate at the Technology Management and Development Centre at Oxford University, Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Rising Powers, Cambridge University, an advisory member of the Industrial Development Research Centre, Zhejiang University over the period 2010-2015, Member of the Advisory Board of University of Cambodia over the period 2005-2015, Visiting Professor at Lahore School of Economics (2019), Visiting Professor at UNIMAS from 2018 till 2020. He has delivered public lectures, policy talks and keynote speeches at several universities, including Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Columbia, University of California (Berkeley), Emory, American University, George Mason University, University College London, Meijo University, Zhejiang University, National University of Singapore, Monash, Melbourne, Australian National University, University of Capetown, Witswaterand, Murdoch, Latrobe, Macquarie, Sydney, Wollongong, University of Philippines (Diliman), Jawaharlal Nehru, Culcutta, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), Lahore School of Economics, Mohamad Ali Jinnah, University of Malaya, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Chulalongkorn University, Chiengmai University, Beijing University, UNIKAMP (Sao Paolo), University of Buenos Aires, Manchester, National Taiwan University, Soeul National University, Bocconi University, University of Rome, UNU-MERIT (Maastricht), Adama, Copenhagen Business School, Aolborg, Lund, University of Indonesia, University Padjajaran, Agricultural University of Bogor, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sunway University, University Institute of MARA (Shah Alam), and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. His policy-oriented work includes research in several countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Among the major contributions he has made for the benefit of society include the conceptualization of technology, and its link to development, and methodologies designed to capture clustering, technological capabilities and industrial policies. In recognition of his competence, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, World Bank, International Labour Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, United Nations Development Programme, the Asian Development Bank and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia have commissioned the writing of several reports for guiding industrial policy in the developing economies. He was also one of the principal authors of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s (UNIDO) 2009 flagship report, and one of the editors of the 2015 UNESCO Science Report. His research and policy work has produced over 280 publications in international journals and prestigious presses. While the prime focus of his research is on technology and international development, he has also worked extensively on foreign investment, human capital, public health and environment. He was awarded the Robert McNamara Award by the World Bank in 1993. He is the 2015 recipient of the Celso Furtado prize from the World Academy of Sciences for advancing the frontiers of social science (economics) thought. In light of his outstanding impactful contributions to scholarship, Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education conferred him the award of Distinguished Professor in the field of Economics in 2017. He was conferred the Merdeka (Independence) Award for academic excellence in 2018.