Graduate of University College Dublin (National University Ireland) in 2005, she obtained Intercollegiate MRCS(Belfast) in 2008 and completed Irish Basic Surgical Training (CCBST) in Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) 2009. Upon return to Malaysia, she completed Master of Surgery(MSurg) in Universiti Malaya in 2013, whilst serving as trainee lecturer to Universiti Malaya Medical Programme (UMMP).  Upon appointment as specialist in 2014, she continues as Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon and is national examiner for both undergraduate medical programme (UMMP) and Postgraduate Master of Surgery(MSurg) National Conjoint Board of Surgery Examinations. She is also the Surgical Co-ordinator and Examiner for Dental Faculty(BDS), Universiti Malaya. She sub-specialises in Colorectal Surgery, training in UM, UKM and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and is currently the heads the pelvic exenteration and advanced GI Malignancy services in the Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery UM. She is Committee Member and National Trainer for National Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Programme as well as Member of the SUBSPECIALTY SUBCOMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION (SbSC-Edu) to Malaysian Medical Council. She is actively involved in national and international surgical training, where she serves as co-Director of CCrISP Course with College of Surgeons Malaysia and Royal College of Sugeons England and is a NOTSS Course Instructor with Royal College Of Surgeons Edinburgh. She is the local UM liason for co-ordination of RCS England MRCS examinations. She has a keen interest in advanced colorectal cancer surgery including Pelvic Exenteration, Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC and is Malaysian representative in PelvEx Collaborative. She has helped set up and continue the multidisciplinary, multicentre teamwork for extended resections in advanced GI malignancy in Universiti Malaya and in the country.  

  Dr Sr Yasmin Mohd Adnan has been with the Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment since 2001 until her retirement as a Professor in 2024. Currently, she is taking on the role of Honorary Professor in the same department. During her term at the university, she was the Head of the Department of Estate Management from 2004 to 2007, from 2015 to 2018, and was the Deputy Dean (Undergraduate Studies) from 2019 to 2021. Before joining the University of Malaya, she worked in a property consultancy firm, a bank, the property subsidiary of PETRONAS, the national oil company and KLCC Urusharta. Her career spans over 30 years in the areas of valuation, property and facilities management within the real estate practice and academic sectors. A valuer and property manager by training and professionally registered with the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agent and Property Managers, Malaysia, Dr Yasmin has been involved in several major research projects in real estate focusing on commercial real estate studies, real estate sustainability (management & development) as well as real estate economics and has published in several local and international journals. She is also currently a fellow and member of several professional organisations which include the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK) and Malaysia Institute of Property and Facility Managers, Malaysia and has held various positions in RISM including as a council member, examination board member, editorial board member, education and accreditation board as well as past Secretary of the Property Surveyors Division. In addition, she was a board member of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society from 2011 to 2017. She was the chief editor of the International Journal of Property Sciences, a journal of the Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya. She has also chaired international conferences, including the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society conferences held twice (jointly with the Royal Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia - partnering universities committee) in Kuala Lumpur.    

Associate Professor Dr. Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam received his PhD (Economics) from Universiti Putra Malaysia and his Masters of Commerce (Economics) from University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. His research interest is focused on Economic Development in Southeast Asia. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, United Kingdom from November  2014 to October 2015.