I was born and raised in Malaysia. I lived a typical life there where adversities are very much part of daily living. For secondary education, I studied at Anglo Chinese School, a missionary school. Through my hard work and fierce determination to succeed academically and to improve my family situation, I won awards in both academic and extracurricular activities. In 1984, I sat for the Malaysian Certificate of Education, the equivalent of The British General Certificate Education “O” levels, and was awarded the Australian government scholarship to pursue my tertiary studies at Monash University, Clayton campus Australia.

 

As part of the requirements for my Monash University Honours degree in Econometrics between 1986 and 1991, I completed various research papers/essays in the specialized fields of economics analysis and modeling.  Furthermore, over my working career in the Corporate Bank and financial markets between 1991 to 2004, I was also given special research assignments by my employers such as Deutsche Bank (DB) in 1998. I undertook a research project to search for a more active role for private international financial institutions such as DB to promote Malaysian economic recovery from the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

 

I even got a teaching career in Malaysia as an Economics Lecturer for the Curtin University Australian programs before relocating to the States for further studies in 2004 as a Fulbright fellow at the University of Arizona.

 

I graduated with the Honours Degree in Economics from Monash University in 1991. On August 10 2006, I graduated with the Masters of Arts Economics from The University of Arizona.

 

Monash University maintains my profile as part of the University’s selected alumni.

 

 

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