SENIOR FELLOW

DR ZULKIPLY OMAR

(+603) 7967 2646 | dzulomar@um.edu.my

Dr Zulkiply Omar is a Senior Fellow at SWRC. He holds a PhD in Economics from Southern Illinois University, USA. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree at the same university. He has been awarded a Certificate in Leading Economic Growth from Harvard Kennedy School of Harvard University, Cambridge. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) from 2015 to 2019. He had served as a Deputy Rector/Dean at the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) in Tashkent,Uzbekistan from 2012 to 2014. Dr Zulkiply is currently a Managing Partner of Econsult Economic Consulting SB.

DR HALIMAH AWANG

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(+603) 7967 3719 | halima@um.edu.my

Dr Halimah Awang is a Senior Fellow at SWRC. She holds a PhD in Applied Statistics from Macquarie University, Australia. Her research interest includes social protection, ageing, education and sexual and reproductive health. Her ongoing research projects include understanding ageing and retirement, savings adequacy among EPF members, social protection programmes in the ASEAN region and Return to Work Programme of injured workers. She was also involved as a research consultant for the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, National Population & Family Development Board (LPPKN), PLUS Expressways Berhad and Social Institute Of Malaysia.

She was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya from 2005 to 2012. She has also served as an Academic Director at Stamford College in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and is currently an Adjunct Professor (Academic) at Binary University, Malaysia. As an academician, she has published extensively in various international journals.