TANG Tuck Mun, Lincoln, CL is a Language Lecturer at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FLL), Universiti Malaya (UM). He was the UM Convenor for Professional Credentialing Programme in Professional Translation of the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. He is also a UM Internal Auditor and reports to Quality Management and Enhancement Centre, UM. He was the Information and Communications Coordinator, FLL, UM and represented FLL at Corporate Communications Office, UM. As an applied linguist, Lincoln has a special interest in English language education, language acquisition, and is currently working on crisis translation. He is also a trained translator and completed his training under the Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books and Malaysian Translators Association. He has served as a reviewer for Journal of Modern Languages. He is a full Member (MCIL) and Chartered Linguist (CL) of Chartered Institute of Linguists. He is also a Founding Member of Chartered College of Teaching since its inception in 2017. He is also active in capacity-building initiatives of the Scout Movement in Malaysia (particularly through The King's Scout Brotherhood of Malaysia), in the Asia-Pacific Region, and at the world level through World Scouting. He is currently the Focal Point in Malaysia for Youth and United Nations Global Alliance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Lincoln is a Baden-Powell Fellow of the World Scout Foundation and a Paul Harris Fellow of The Rotary Foundation. TANG Tuck Mun, Lincoln, CL ialah Pensyarah Bahasa di Fakulti Bahasa dan Linguistik (FBL), Universiti Malaya (UM). Beliau sebelum ini berkhidmat sebagai Penyelaras UM bagi Program Pentauliahan Profesional dalam Penterjemahan Profesional Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia. Beliau juga bertugas sebagai Juruaudit Dalaman UM yang melaporkan kepada Pusat Pengurusan Kualiti dan Penambahbaikan, UM. Sebelum ini, beliau pernah dilantik sebagai Penyelaras Informasi dan Komunikasi di FBL, UM, dan mewakili FBL di Pejabat Komunikasi Korporat, UM. Sebagai seorang ahli linguistik gunaan, Lincoln mempunyai minat khusus dalam pendidikan bahasa Inggeris, pemerolehan bahasa, dan kini sedang menjalankan kajian mengenai penterjemahan krisis. Beliau juga merupakan seorang penterjemah terlatih Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia dan Persatuan Penterjemah Malaysia. Beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai penilai untuk Journal of Modern Languages. Lincoln merupakan Ahli Penuh (MCIL) dan Ahli Linguistik Bertauliah (Chartered Linguist) Chartered Institute of Linguists. Beliau juga merupakan Ahli Pengasas Chartered College of Teaching sejak penubuhannya pada tahun 2017. Bukan itu sahaja, beliau juga aktif dalam inisiatif pembangunan kapasiti Pergerakan Pengakap di Malaysia (khususnya melalui Persaudaraan Pengakap Raja Malaysia), di peringkat Asia-Pasifik, serta di peringkat dunia melalui Pengakap Sedunia (World Scouting). Beliau ialah Focal Point di Malaysia bagi Youth and United Nations Global Alliance Pertubuhan Makanan dan Pertanian Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu. Lincoln merupakan seorang Baden-Powell Fellow World Scout Foundation dan juga Paul Harris Fellow The Rotary Foundation.  

Dr Mohammad Taqiuddin bin Mohamad is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Shariah and Economics, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. He holds a distinguished academic background, having earned multiple postgraduate qualifications: a Master's degree in Shariah and Economics [B.Sh (Syariah)] in 2006, a Master of Economics [MEc] from the National University of Malaysia in 2007, and a Master of Shariah [MSh] from the University of Malaya in 2009. He later obtained his PhD in Islamic Banking from the University of Malaya in 2012. Dr Taqiuddin has held several notable appointments throughout his career. He served as the Advisory Fellow Secretary to the Kedah State Zakat Board (2018–2023) and was the Head of the Department of Shariah and Economics at the University of Malaya (2019–2020). He was also a member of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship Interview Panel under the Public Service Department of Malaysia (2017), and served as the Academic Advisor to the Faculty of Management and Muamalah, Kolej Universiti Islam Perlis (2018–2019). Furthermore, he contributed as a member of the Committee of Strategic Consultants for Islamic Affairs at the Advanced Institute of Medicine and Dentistry, Universiti Sains Malaysia (2021–2022). An active scholar, Dr Taqiuddin has authored and co-authored numerous book chapters, academic articles, and journal publications. His research contributions and seminar presentations focus primarily on the fields of Islamic banking, Islamic economics, and the integration of Shariah principles within contemporary financial systems.

Hanafi Hussin is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya.  He has received his Master's Degree and PhD in Cultural and Performing Arts Studies.  His current focus is on Southeast Asian anthropology, particularly ritual and performing arts. He actively researches and publishes on rituals and identity of the Kadazandusun community of Sabah, particularly in Penampang and Tuaran Sabah and Bajau and Bajau Laut/Sama Dilaut of the east coast of Borneo and Southern Philippines. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts (2022-2024) and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2016-2018). Before his retirement, he also served as Head of the Maritime Social Sciences and Humanities Unit, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES) and Head of Universiti Malaya Migration Research Centre (UMMRC), Universiti Malaya. He was appointed and served as a Visiting Professor at various universities, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, China (2024), Thammasat University (2021), Universitas Indonesia (2020-2021) and Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2020). He can be reached at hanafih@um.edu.my.