Economic Outlook 2021: Investing at the Right Time and Sector

Dr Afzanizam has 17 years of experience in investment research, especially in the field of economic and capital market. Previously, he had served in a number of investment institutions such as Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP) and Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) as an economist. He is also a regular columnist in Berita Harian since 2011. Dr Afzanizam holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Economics) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Applied Finance and Investment) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) as well as Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Finance and Diploma in Investment Analysis from UiTM.

Dr Sanjay Rampal a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. He is also a Public Health Medical Specialist in the Public Health Department, University Malaya Medical Centre. Dr Rampal was medically trained in India and has served in the Ministry of Health Malaysia (1998-2005) and University of Malaya (2005 onwards). He obtained his MPH in 2004 from Harvard University and completed his PhD in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in 2014. He is a member of the Global Network for Academic Public Health, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and chairs the Specialty Education Subcommittee for Public Health within the Malaysian Medical Council. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and actively contributes to the College of Public Health Medicine. Dr Rampal’s primary research focus is on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease. He has been actively engaging the Public during this COVID-19 Pandemic by interpreting the epidemiology and translating the science behind prevention strategies.

Ahmad Shahizam graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1994 from The London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London. In 2008, he earned his Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States. Ahmad Shahizam began his career at HSBC Bank Malaysia in 1994 in commercial banking. He subsequently worked in the capital markets as an investment analyst at ING Barings and Salomon Smith Barney until 2003. After a stint in Islamic Banking at HSBC Amanah he joined Khazanah Nasional Berhad as a Senior Vice President in 2004, where as part of the Managing Director’s Office, he was involved in forrmulating and executing the GLC Transformation Program, and subsequently as Khazanah’s Head of Communications and External Relations Unit. Ahmad Shahizam left Khazanah in 2010 as Director, Investments Division when he moved to healthcare management as an Executive Director of Parkway Pantai Limited in Singapore and later at IHH Healthcare Berhad, where he was responsible amongst others for the merger integration of IHH’s Malaysian and Singapore operations, IHH’s corporate functions and the listing of IHH Healthcare Berhad in 2012. From 2014 to 2017 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Pantai Holdings Berhad. He was also the Chief Corporate Officer of IHH Healthcare Berhad until December 2017. His involvement in the healthcare sector continued in various capacities and organizations including as a Board Member of Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council and advisor to a number of healthcare based technology start-up companies. He also sits on the Board of Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia. Ahmad Shahizam was appointed as a President & Managing Director of KPJ Healthcare Berhad in July 2020. His extensive experience in healthcare management, corporate transformation and digital adoption will be invaluable to KPJ Healthcare Berhad and he is expected to formulate new strategies and lead the group in its journey as the leading healthcare provider in the region.

Tehmina Kaoosji is an Independent Broadcast Journalist. She currently anchors ‘Money Matters’, TV3 Malaysia’s flagship financial talk show. She also anchors and produces the online talk shows ‘Tea with Tehmina’ and ‘The Point’. Her work focuses on Economics, Politics, Business & Technology issues. Social justice and gender mainstreaming are her key policy angles on every story. She is a Board Member and Director with the Institute of Journalists Malaysia and actively speaks, teaches, researches and advocates for media freedom and media ethics in Malaysia. She is a founding member of the Journalists Alliance of Malaysia, and a Member of the Pro-Tem Committee tasked with setting up a Malaysian Media Council.