Dr. Adilah binti Abdul Ghapor is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Decision Science, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. She completed her Bachelor's Degree in Mathematical Statistics from Purdue University, Indiana and obtained her Doctoral Degree from Universiti Malaya. Her research interest is on the Statistical Modeling in Mathematical Sciences, focusing on Missing Values, Outliers, and Parameter Estimation. She also works on the application of statistics which also includes socio-economic impact assessment, financial well-being, and issues related with gig economy.

Courses: ZQA 7014 Research Methodology for Policy Makers

Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff, Executive Director of INPUMA has been the Former President & CEO of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity, Director General of National Department for Good Governance & Integrity (JITN), Deputy DG of GIACC, PM’s Department, Assistant Resident Representative for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Programme Specialist for United Nations Volunteers (UNV), Bonn, Germany.)

Courses: ZQA 7018 Leadership and Public Management

Dr. Aslam Abd Jalil

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Tariqur Rahman - is currently serving as a Deputy Executive Director (Development, Research, and Innovation) of the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA). Prof Tariq also served as an Associate Dean (Continuing Education) at the Faculty of Dentistry (UM). Prof Tariq has a wide experience of working in the field of Biomedical Science. In addition to his scholarly publications, Prof Tariq has been a regular contributor in news media expressing his views in various aspects of public interests such as education, health and technology. His opinion pieces are covered in Malaysia and abroad.

Courses: ZQA 7024 Health System Policy

Danial holds a PhD in International Relations (Political Science) from the University of St. Andrews in the UK. During his doctoral training, he was mentored by the late Professor Ian Taylor, an eminent expert in Africa-Asia Politics and Relations and Critical Political Economy. He also received the UM Bright Spark Fellowship, which helped him pursue his PhD. Furthermore, Danial has conducted extensive fieldwork and study visits in various African and Asian countries,

Danial obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Distinction Honours), majored in International and Strategic Studies and minored in East Asian Studies. He received the Ghazali Shafie Book Prize and Dato Panglima Kinta Yusuf Gold Medal for outstanding performance during the 2007 Graduation Ceremony.

Courses: ZQA 7020 Law Governance and Public Policy | ZQA 7025 Gender and Public Policy | ZQA 7014 Research Methodology for Policy Makers

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Sulaiman Mahbob was CEO at National Recovery Council Secretariat. He has vast experience in public service and corporate, and held various positions throughout his service.

He served as Chief Director of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department for 2006 until 2009. During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis , he was appointed as Chief Secretariat of the National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC). Besides that, he served as the Executive Director of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) in 1995. The Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM) was founded by him and he was the IMM president in 2004. In 2015, Sulaiman became the Chairman of Telekom Malaysia Berhad. He was also the Chairman of Companies Commission of Malaysia in 2004 and 2005.

Courses: ZQA 7019 Public Finance in Policy Making

Asilatul Hanaa Abdullah earned her PhD in history in 2021 from the International Islamic University Malaysia, specialising in decolonising history. She is intensely interested in politics, public policy history, development, decolonisation, gender, and theology. Many of her publications focus on Islamic history and civilisations.

Throughout her career, Dr. Abdullah has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy briefs, addressing critical issues such as the role of women in Islamic societies and the challenges of legal pluralism in Muslim-majority countries. Her work has received recognition nationally and internationally, and she has been invited to speak at conferences, seminars, and workshops worldwide.

Courses: ZQA 7016 History Politics and Development

Raja Noriza Raja Ariffin is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Development Studies,  Faculty of Business and Economics, UM

Courses: ZQA 7022 Sustainable Development Policy

Azizul Amiludin has served in the financial markets and research industry for twenty years with an 11 year stint at Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). At BNM, he served in the financial market and investments department including as head of representative office in London. He is also a founding member of the economic research house DM Analytics and asset management firm Redvest. Azizul holds a Bachelors’ degree in engineering from Brown University, Masters in Economics from University Malaya and an LLM in Corporate Finance Law from Westminster University, London.

Courses: ZQA 7017  Economics in Policy Making