About me

I am a lecturer at Murdoch Business School with a focus on leadership, sustainability, and governance. My academic and professional interests lie in understanding how institutions and leaders respond to complex global challenges—and how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), can both support and challenge these efforts.

I am especially interested in the dual role of AI: as a tool to enhance governance and sustainability outcomes, and as a domain that itself requires robust governance. My work explores how AI can be integrated into public policy and institutional frameworks in ways that are ethical, transparent, and aligned with long-term societal goals.

Through my teaching and research, I aim to equip future leaders with the critical thinking, ethical grounding, and systems perspective needed to lead responsibly in a rapidly evolving technological and environmental landscape. I maintain a regional focus on Southeast Asia, where institutional reform and innovation intersect in dynamic ways.

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Organisational Affiliations

Lecturer, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University

Education

Economics
20092013, Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University (Australia, Canberra) - ANU

Malaysia and the middle-income trap: Institutional challenges in human capital development and income inequality in the manufacturing sector. Professor Peter Drysdale supervised the thesis, while Professor Kaliappa Kalirajan was the panel chair. The panel also included Associate Professor Shandre Thangavellu and Dr Shiro Armstrong.

Economics
20082009, Master Degree, Australian National University (Australia, Canberra) - ANU

Master of International and Development Economics

Economics
20022005, Master of Economics (MEcon), University of Malaya (Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur) - UM
Economics
19921996, Bachelor of Economics (BEc, BEconSc; sometimes BA(Econ) or BSc(Econ)), University of Malaya (Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur) - UM