Academic background
Employment
2020 - present
Associate Professor
Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Management
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Perlis Branch
11.2019 - 10.2021
Deputy Director (secondment post)
Special Education Division
Ministry of Education Malaysia, Putrajaya
08.2015 - 07.2017
Academic Visitor
Faculty of Economics
University of Cambridge, UK
2006 - 2020
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer
Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Management
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Education
01.2009 - 05.2012
PhD, Economics, University of Leicester UK
Thesis title: "Essays on institutions and economic growth in developing countries." (download here)
Advisor: Prof Stephen G. Hall
2005 - 2006
Masters in Economics, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Thesis title: "Interest rate determination and the effect of Asian financial crisis in Malaysia."
Advisor: Prof Mohd Zaini Abdul Karim
2002 - 2003
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment
Securities Institute of Australia (a JV with PNB Investment Institute)
1998 - 2001
Bachelor of Business Administration
International Islamic University of Malaysia