Dr Tahmina Akhter is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance of the Faculty of Business and Economics in Universiti Malaya. She completed her PhD in Behavioral Finance from the Graduate school of business of Universiti Kebanagsaan Malaysia. Her current research work focuses on the inter-linkages of behavioral finance with corporate finance, financial economics, sustainable finance and digital finance. An experienced educator with a career spanning 12 years she is passionate about nurturing the future leaders in the domain of finance and banking.

Dr. Sabzali Musa Kahn was born in Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia. He graduated with a degree in visual arts from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. He then pursued his Masters in Education from Universiti Putra Malaysia and he obtained his Doctorate (Ph.D) in Architecture Studies from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He started his career as a consultant in government and corporate sectors. He was one of the committee who founded Universiti Industri Selangor, Malaysia (UNISEL). In addition, he was appointed as the secretariat member to develop the master action plan for the Ministry of Unity and Development Community, Malaysia. His participation in various major exhibitions organized by universities, galleries, state and National Art Gallery has greatly enhanced his knowledge and experience as an artist. He is also involved with visual arts research, theatre and workshops in the aspect of creative teaching for the pre-school children, people with disabilities and in curriculum development of visual art studies at the university level. He has won several competitions in art and design. Some of the awards obtained were Main Incentive gift from Art Media exhibition 2006, Special Award Art Media VIII,2009 and Special award Art Media IX,2010. He is the gold medalist for Innovation and Creativity EXPO 2010, University of Malaya, Malaysia. In 2015, he won the national gold medal at Innovation and Invention Competition Through Exhibition (iCompEx) and Cahaya Kasih President’s Award from Maybank, Malaysia. His research on the use of new materials and techniques in visual art production has won him Excellence University of Malaya Award for 2015 under the Arts and Creativity Category. He held position as the head jury for batik art drawing category at the international level which was organized by Rehabilitation Council Malaysia (MCR). He represented Malaysia for visual art category and was the first Malaysian selected to be head jury in the 8th International Abilympic 2011 at Seoul,Korea. His ongoing effort and contribution has brought gold medal to Malaysia in the International Abilympic 2011. This has been a great achievement for the country at the international level to have won a gold medal for the last 32 years. Dr. Sabzali active participation in the social work at local and international level has made great impact to the society. Creativity activities and education based on visual art are incorporated into his social works. He was the Visual Art Coordinator and Deputy Director (undergraduate) at the Cultural Centre, University Malaya. Currently, he is the Dean at Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sharmani Patricia Gabriel is Professor of English at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya.  Her work is situated at the intersections of literary studies, postcolonial theory, and cultural studies, with a focus on cultural identity and issues of diaspora, difference, representation, and power. She is the recipient of various awards, including the Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship Award, which she took up at the University of Leeds, UK, and Fulbright Fellowships at the University of Northern Illinois and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA. In addition to conducting research at the University of Michigan, she was also invited to develop and teach a course on Malaysian Literature in English. She has participated in international research projects and her articles have appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, Critical Asian Studies, Ethnicities, and Cultural Dynamics. She has also edited and co-edited several books, the most recent of which is Orientalism and Reverse Orientalism in Literature and Film: Beyond East and West (Routledge, 2021). She is Editor-in-Chief of SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English and serves on the editorial board of several journals and book series. Sharmani is regularly invited to present keynotes and plenaries, at events within and beyond Malaysia, and has delivered public lectures in many countries including Indonesia, Spain, India, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, and the USA.