Dr. Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam is a senior lecturer at the Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He currently serves as the Head of the Postgraduate Program in Economics. Before entering academia, Dr. Abdul Hafizh worked in the Monetary Policy Department at Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as an Associate Economist, where he supported the Monetary Policy Committee by providing analysis and conducting research to facilitate decision-making and address key policy issues. Dr. Abdul Hafizh holds a PhD and Master`s in Economics from UKM, with a focus on econometrics, and a Bachelor`s degree in Mathematics and Economics (Hons) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). During his PhD, he was awarded the Best Thesis Award and the Graduate-on-Time (GOT) Award. His contributions to academia and research have been widely recognized. In 2024, Dr. Abdul Hafizh received the Excellent Service Award from UKM. He and his team were recently awarded the Most Provocative Research Award by Emerald-MFAIC 2024 during the 26th International Conference of the Malaysian Finance Association. He also won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Economics, Management, Accounting, and Tourism (ICEMAT) in 2024, as well as at the 3rd International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance, and Economics in 2015. Dr. Abdul Hafizh is actively involved in teaching courses such as Basic and Intermediate Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, and Mathematics for Economics and Business. He also conducts workshops and seminars on econometrics and statistical modeling for various academic and professional organizations.