About the presenters

Sharifah Azizah Haron is a Lecturer at the Universiti Putra Malaysia specializing in Consumer and Family Economics. She is currently attached to Malaysia’s Institute of Gerontology as Head of the Social Gerontology Laboratory. Her research interests include consumer behavior and empowerment, family economic wellbeing, poverty, and aging. She has a Ph.D. in Consumer and Family Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the United States.

Tengku Aizan Hamid is the Founding Director of the Institute of Gerontology at the Universiti Putra Malaysia and has been instrumental in the development of gerontological research and education in Malaysia. Her research interests include the quality of life in old age, older families, elder abuse, old-age poverty, primary care, mental health, and lifelong learning. She is currently a member of both the National Advisory and Consultative Council on Ageing and the Technical Committee on the Health of Older Persons. She has also twice served as the President of the Gerontological Association of Malaysia. She is a member of the INIA-SAGE ASEAN Center of Aging, where she advocates for regional cooperation and development in gerontology and geriatrics. She is currently leading a capacity-building project for the financial empowerment of mature women with the support of United Way Worldwide and the Citibank Foundation.

Jariah Masud is a Research Fellow at Universiti Purta Malaysia.

Alim Jihen is a Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia.