Prof. Dr. Jennifer Ann Harikrishna is a Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at the Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Prof. Jenni is a British citizen with permanent residence status in Malaysia. After completing her Bachelor of Sciences degree in Microbiology at the University of Surrey, U.K. she was awarded a Whitbread Scholarship to pursue her doctoral thesis on the molecular genetics of industrial yeast at the Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield University, U.K. She graduated in 1990 winning the Chancellors Gold Medal for the most outstanding graduate student of the year. Dr. Jenni then moved to the U.S.A. to take up a two year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Jenni moved to Malaysia in 1991 where she continued her post doctoral research at the University of Malaya, Department of Biology, before joining TropBio Research Sdn Bhd, a small private plant biotechnology company in 1996. In 2001 she joined the Institute of Bioscience at University Putra Malaysia (UPM) as an Associate Professor. Prior to re-joining the University of Malaya in 2006, Dr Jenni was an Associate Professor of Biotechnology at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST). Prof. Jenni became a full Professor at the University of Malaya in 2011 and holds joint positions as a member of the Faculty of Science and as the Director of the Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculure (CEBAR), University of Malaya. Prof. Jenni also holds a current appointment as an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester, UK. Her current research focus is on functional genomics and biotechnology for tropical crop improvemnt.

Dr. Mohamed Hisham Hanifa is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. He holds a PhD in Islamic Finance from INCEIF, and his research focuses on Islamic finance, capital markets, and taxation. He has published in journals such as Journal of Economic Surveys, Sustainability and the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, with notable recognition including an award from the Emerald Literati Network. Dr. Hisham has also contributed to consultancy work and curriculum development in Islamic finance and is actively involved in research and academic service at the university. For more, visit his UMExpert profile.

EXPERIENCEAPRIL 1987 – OCTOBER 1990ASSOCIATE, M/S MAH WENG KWAI & ASSOCIATESI was primarily handling a wide litigation portfolio ranging from commercial and corporate matters, conveyancing and even family law matters. I frequently attended court, conducting full trials and hearings as well as interlocutory matters, and had the opportunities to appear in Subordinate Courts, High Court as well as in the Appellate Courts. Of special note, among the corporate matters I handled was a listing exercise in the KLSE. DECEMBER 1990 – APRIL 1993ASSOCIATE, M/S ADNAN, SUNDRA & LOWAs I developed a deeper interest in corporate matters I decided to move to a fully corporate and commercial portfolio in the above firm where I gained valuable experience in diverse practice areas including handling housing development projects, banking as well as aviation financing. The nature of work included negotiations, rendering legal opinions, legal research and drafting documentation for a number of banking and financial institutions. In particular, the area of aviation financing (dealing with complex issues in the sale and leaseback of aircrafts) often involved dealing with government organisations such as the Department of Civil Aviation, multinational companies and foreign legal firms. APRIL 1993 – OCTOBER 1994LECTURER, UNIVERITY OF EAST LONDON (UEL) LLB TWINNING PROGRAMME AT STAMFORD COLLEGEAt this stage, I wanted to pursue my Master in Laws (LLM) in University of Malaya and explored teaching law in the above UEL Malaysian Campus (Twinning) at the same time. I taught the law of contract as well as set examination papers for that first year subject under the direct supervision of the UEL Head of Law in UK. In the same programme, I was asked to prepare the syllabus and teach an elective module on certain aspects of Malaysian Land Law to give the UK-bound students some exposure to relevant aspects of Malaysian law.Of particular note, I was also involved in a number of educational projects/committees under the direction of the Director of Studies, Stamford College in both administrative and advisory capacity. With UEL’s approval, I was also tutoring at the Faculty of Law, UM at this time on a part-time basis.OCTOBER 1994 – SEPTEMBER 1995SENIOR ASSOCIATE, M/S SKRINE & COAs I felt I could I cope well with the LLM course in its second year, I decide to go back to legal practice by joining M/S Skrine & Co as a senior associate in their Corporate and Commercial Department at their invitation (having regard to the fact that I had done my pupillage there). I independently handled a number of top corporate clients of the firm in a wide spectrum of matters. Of interest, I often mentored and gave guidance to junior associates who sought my help in dealing with complicated issues they were facing in their work. SEPTEMBER 1995 – SEPTEMBER 1997LEGAL ADVISOR, CORPORATE BANKING DIVISION, MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD, FOLLOWED BYHEAD OF LEGAL DEPARTMENT, MALAYAN BANKING BERHADI joined Maybank when the Head of its Corporate Banking Division wanted a dedicated full time in house counsel for his Division, separate from the general legal department. My skill and experience matched this requirement and I joined that Division as its first such in-house counsel and provided legal advice and support relating to corporate loans, syndicated financing, bonds issues and other corporate financing projects undertaken by the Bank. My responsibilities included giving legal advice and written opinions as well as the drafting and vetting of legal documentation and assisting the officers in negotiations and working with various law firms. The work required fast-paced responses to legal queries and short turnaround times in the vetting of legal documents.I was subsequently promoted to Head of Maybank Legal Department. I hired a new person for my previous role and focussed on the supervision of the entire in-house legal department of the Bank consisting of eight legal officers. The team handled all legal matters for the Bank.Being the top legal personnel in the Bank equipped me with a wealth of experience of what was required of an in house corporate lawyer. JUNE 2001 - JUNE 2017PART-TIME LAW TUTOR AND LECTURER IN THE LAW FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MALAYAAfter a four-year hiatus due to the birth of my two children, I wanted to resume working life and chose a teaching career. Hence for the above period I have been teaching on a part-time basis at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. I have been tutoring contract law almost continuously for 15 years from June 2001 to 2016. Other than contract law, I was also invited by the pioneer of the final year subject of Remedies, Dr Cheong May Fong, to tutor in this new course from its inception circa 2006. I took over the teaching of the Remedies course from Dr Cheong after she left the faculty and continued to teach the subject when it was offered as an elective subject. In 2008, I began assisting Dr Farah Nini to tutor in the Legal Method course for about 6 years. I have also had the opportunity to tutor in the final year Drafting course in 2017 as well as to give several annual guest lectures in Equitable Remedies to second and third year students.Besides teaching in the Law Faculty, I have had the opportunity to be involved in various aspects of academic life in the Faculty of Law as follows: training mooters and judging Moots competitions training a team for the National Client’s Interview and Negotiation Competition arranging for judges in Moots Competitions and speakers for seminars and other events as supervisor in the Legal Clinic programme from its inception serving on the Law Faculty Curriculum Committee (Jawatankuasa Kurikulum Fakulti - Izajah Dasar) organised a 3-day seminar on “Civil Remedies” conducted by leading law practitioners for final year students in April 2017 EDUCATION1982-1986, LL.B (Hons) UNIVERSITI MALAYA1993-1995, LL.M UNVERSITI MALAYAFor the LLM programme, I chose to specialise in commercial law subjects and took the following courses: Advanced Company Law, Law relating to Securities Regulations, Copyright Law and Construction Law.