Dr. Muhammed Abdul KhalidBoard Member Malaysian Institute for Economic Research (MIER)

Dr. Muhammed bin Abdul Khalid (“Dr Muhammed”) is a Research Fellow at the National University of Malaysia, and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS), University Sains of Malaysia. He is also the cofounder and Managing Director of DM Analytics, an advisory and consultancy firm that specialises in high-level and strategic government engagements, direct advocacy and political and economic diplomacy and consulting.
He is formerly the Economic Adviser to the former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Member of the Economic Action Council chaired by the Prime Minister from 2018 to 2020.
Dr Muhammed is currently chairman of Allianz General Insurance Malaysia Berhad, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), and Member of the Honorary Council of Advisors at the European-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce. He had also served as Member of the Board at Malaysia
Investment Development Agency (MIDA).

Dr. Muhammed has served as consultant to the World Bank, United Nations Development Program (“UNDP”), United Nations Children’s Fund (“UNICEF”), United Nations Population Fund (“UNFPA”), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (“UNESCAP”), United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
He was previously the Research Director at Khazanah Research Institute, and Head of Economics at the Securities Commission of Malaysia, and senior analyst at Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia.
He obtained his PhD from the Institut d’études Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po Paris), France, and a Master of Economics from University of Malaya, and a BSc from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.