Curriculum Vitae

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Education

▶ MSc. in Public Policy (Distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science, 2023

• Capstone project: Index-linking social transfers in developing countries to safeguard vulnerable communities during economic uncertainty - in collaboration with the World Bank Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice
• Extended essay: The causal effect of retirement on wellbeing in Malaysia: a regression discontinuity approach
• Key modules: Labour economics, Advanced empirical methods for policy analysis, Causal Inference for observational and experimental studies

▶ B.Econ. in Economics and Econometrics, Monash University Clayton, 2014

Work experience

▶ Fellow in the Economics, Trade, and Regional Integration programme at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 2017-Present

• Past positions held: Senior Analyst (2021), Analyst (2019), Researcher (2017)

▶ Economics Executive at Public Mutual Berhad, 2015-2017

Skills

• Economic and public policy analysis; data analysis and visualisation; policy design, evaluation and causal inference; economic modelling; survey and experimental design
• Policy areas of expertise:
  • Labour markets, jobs, productivity
  • Social protection, social transfer programme design
  • Inequality, economic growth
• Software/languages: R, Stata, LaTeX, Git

Selected training and courses

• Applied General Equilibrium for Policy Analysis. Awarded by Putra University Malaysia, 2019.
• Economic Analysis of Microdata. Awarded by Putra University Malaysia, 2019.

Awards and appointments

• Chevening Scholarship Award, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, 2022.
  • Awarded full-ride scholarship to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Committee member on the Technical Working Committee for the Multidimensional Poverty Index, Ministry of Economy Malaysia, 2022-present.
• Industry Expert Advisory Panel (IEAP) member for the Master of Science in Economics programme in the Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT), 2022-present.

Publications

See list of selected publications here