Professor Dr. Loh Sau Cheong received her Bachelor degree in Special Education (learning disabilities); and both Masters and Ph.D in Educational Psychology. Currently, she is appointed as the Director for ASEAN University Network-Disability and Public Policy Network (AUN-DPPnet) and a Full Professor from the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya and was the Head of Department for the same department from 1 August 2017 - 31 August 2021. She was an Adjunct Professor for Asia e University (AeU) from 27 November 2020 - 26 November 2022, Visiting Professor for Universitas Negeri Malang from 1 February to 31 May 2023 as well as Adjunct Professor for Universitas Negeri Malang from 2024 - 2027. Prof. Loh’s research interests include teacher self-efficacy, student self-concept, attribution retraining, attention development, motivation in learning, individualized education plan, assistive technology, and transitional plan for individuals with special needs. She had engaged in 30 researches and had filed 3 patents, 21 copyrights, and 1 trademark. Much of Prof. Loh's researches draw on, and is inspired by, the principle of Education For All and quality inclusive education for individuals with special needs from pre-school education to post-secondary education. Prof. Loh had received the Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang Yang Amat Di Mulia Peringkat Ketiga - Setia Ahmad Shah Pahang (SAP) award from His Royal Highness the Sultan of Pahang in 2017. In addition, she had received 7 international awards, 11 national awards and 18 university awards. Among them are: UM Excellence Award (Excellent Lecturer) 2016, UM Excellence Award (Teaching Category) 2013, SEAMEO-Jasper Research Award 2010, Fulbright Scholar Award 2010, Fulbright Occasional Lecture Fund Award 2010, Excellent Service Award (2005, 2008), Excellent Certificate Award (2004, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2018), Malaysia Top 20 Authors for 2009, 2011 & 2012 under the Malaysian Abstracting and Indexing System and she is also listed in the worldwide AcademicKeys Who's Who in Higher Education as well as listed in the Encyclopaedia of Successful People in Malaysia for 2023 Edition.  Prof. Loh participated actively in research expos where she has received 6 Gold, 7 Silver and 9 Bronze medals. She had published 63 articles (19 ISI, 6 Scopus, 40 refereed journal), 19 articles in conference proceeding, 7 books, 8 chapters in book and had conducted 77 presentations either as keynote speaker, invited speaker, workshop presenter, poster presenter, and conference paper presenter at international and national conferences. Prof. Loh is the Deputy President and active Life Member for the National Association of Special Education, Malaysia since 2009, members of Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia, International Association of Special Education (IASE) and International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). Currently, she is a Panel Assessor for Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) (2010 - present) for the disciplines of special education, education for children with disabilities and educational psychology, Article Reviewer for Interactive Learning Environments (ISI Journal), Editorial Consultant of Australiasian Journal of Special Education, Editorial Board of Journal of Special Needs Education, Article Reviewer for Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities (Scopus Journal). She was Honorary Consultant and Special Education Expert for Combined Cleft Lip and/or Palate Clinic, Dentistry Faculty, University of Malaya (2006-2014). She has been appointed as External Examiner for PhD candidates from University of Sydney, University of Brunei Darussalam, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Universiti Putra Malaysia and SEGi University. She is also Industry Expert Advisor for New Era University College, Tunku Abdul Rahman Management and Technology University, Quest International University, HELP University, as well as External Examiner for promotion to Professor and Associate Professor for few Malaysian universities. Her contribution to the community includes workshop deliveries, train of trainers for special educators and volunteers, jury for creativity competition, and conduct Holiday Camps for adolescents with special needs. She had supervised till completion 19 Ph.D students (Thesis), 42 Master’s students (Dissertation), 57 Master’s students (Project) and 5 Bachelor Degree students. Currently, she supervises 18 Ph.D (Thesis) students, 15 Master’s students with Dissertation, and 37 Master's students with Research Project. She teaches average 3 courses per semester and assumes various administrative roles at the faculty. 

Professor Sr Dr. Hafez Salleh , a former Deputy Dean (Undergraduate) and former Head at Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has an educational background in quantity surveying and IT in construction. Currently, he is Head of Centre for Building, Construction & Tropical Architecture (BuCTA) Research. He has a BSc, MSc and PhD Degree from School of the Built Environment and top rated, 6* Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom. He has 30 years’ experience in both academia and industry practice and has been an active researcher and research supervisor. He is the recipient of Excellence Service Award by University of Malaya in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022 and recipient of Loyal Service Award 20 Years in 2017. He has supervised a wide range of undergraduate and post graduate research students in various research themes. His main research interest is IT/IS strategic management in construction and sustainable design. His previous research was the development of IT/IS Readiness Model that focuses on evaluation of organizational readiness prior IT/IS investment. He is currently working on the theme of IT/IS evaluation in construction with interest in the links between ‘hard’ & human issues and BIM Implementation in construction industry. He is a Registered Consultant Quantity Surveyor (CQS) with Board of Quantity Surveyor Malaysia (BQSM), Fellow of Royal Institute of Surveyor Malaysia (FRISM), the technical committee member of Malaysian Construction Industry Master Plan (CIMP) 2005-2015, Strategic Thrust 6: Leveraging Information Technology, Editorial Board Members, Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property, Associate Editor for Journal of Design and Built Environment (JDBE) and Lead Auditor for QMS ISO 9001:2008, University of Malaya. He was a Member of Quantity Surveying Accreditation Council (QSAC), BQSM, for Session 2019-2021, Auditor for QMS ISO 9001:2015 (BQSM) 2021,2022, 2023 and he is also a regular Assessor Panel of Accreditation for Quantity Surveying Programme for both RISM and BQSM and has been appointed as an External Examiner for more than 28 thesis of Master and PhD examinations.  

Dr. Noor Adwa research focuses on the converge of auditing, governance and reporting and using both qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (archival and survey)  research approaches and multiple theoretical lens (institutional, legitimacy, power, attribution and agency).  Her research among others relate to audit committee and other board effectiveness, internal audit, audit quality, auditor reporting, governance and sustainability.