Undergraduate Alumni Profiles
Graduates from the School of Economics choose to work in a wide range of industries and go on to achieve great success, whether in academia, business or their chosen career. View a selection of undergraduate alumni profiles below and see where your economics degree could take you.
Lim Kai Shen
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2013
Upon graduation, Kai Shen pursued a Master degree in Economics and Econometrics at the University of Nottingham, UK and is now pursuing a PhD in Population Health Science at the Harvard University under the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship.
Rachel Cho
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2013
Rachel had worked for Bank Negara Malaysia before securing the prestigious Chevening Scholarship to pursue her Master degree in Economics at the University of Nottingham, UK, where she is now pursuing her Doctoral degree in Economics with full scholarship.
Jarren Tam
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2013
Upon graduation, Jarren had worked for Asia Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) before securing the prestigious Chevening Scholarship to pursue a Master of Public Policy degree at the University of Warwick and he is now a Senior Policy Analyst at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
Esther Siah Shuet Yi
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2013
Esther secured a full scholarship from CIMB Bank to pursue her MBA at the Asia School of Business (in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management) after completing CIMB management training programme and is now working at CIMB Bank KL after one year secondment to CIMB Philippines.
Yohannan Nair Kunju Krisnan
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2013
Upon graduation, Yohannan had worked for IDEAS, an independent public policy think tank, and Frost & Sullivan, a management consulting firm, before pursuing a Master in International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science with full scholarship from the LSE. Yohannan is now a Senior Officer at ASEAN Secretariat.
Chowdhury Mohammad Sakib Anwar
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2013
Upon graduation, Sakib Anwar had pursued a MSc Economics at the University of Surrey, a MRes Economics at the University of Essex, and a PhD at Lancaster University, and he is now a lecturer at the University of Winchester.
Kwan Wan Hong
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Wan Hong had worked for Alliance Bank and he is now the Vice President at Khazanah National Berhad.
Nikhil Ramchandani
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Nikhil is now a Global Relationship Manager at ICE/NYSE.
Liew Shi Yun
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Shi Yun joined RHB Investment Bank and is now an Assistant Vice President at the Private Equity & Special Opportunities division of OCBC bank.
Tan Fu Sing
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Fu Sing had worked for IBM Malaysia before pursuing an MBA at the Nanyang Technological University with scholarship and is now a Programme Manager at Meta.
Ravjit Dhillon
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Ravjit worked in Knight Frank and MaGIC (Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre) before taking up the current position as a Business Manager at Maxis eCommerce.
Lee Wai Chun
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Wai Chun had worked for IBM Malaysia before taking up the current position as a Corporate Finance Team Lead at the British America Tobacco Malaysia.
Lim Cheow Ching
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Chew Ching joined GSK’s consumer healthcare future leader programme in sales and marketing, and is now a Brand Manager at Fonterra Dairy.
Dinnie Fadhli Mohamad Awi
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Dinne is currently working as a Manager, Operations & Clearing Services at Kenanga Futures, one of the listed derivatives broker in Malaysia.
Yunyi Bai
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2014
Upon graduation, Yunyi had pursued an MA in Economics at Simon Fraser University and an MBA at Schulich School of Business, York University. He is now a Project Lead at fifty-five Data Company (part of The Brandtech Group).
Kavita Kaur Mohan
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2015
Kavita is now a Specialist (Corporate Strategy) at Axiata Group.
Rohini Ghosh
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2015
Rohini, an international student from the US and a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Medal, Upon graduation, she had pursued a MSc in Economics and a PhD in Economics at The University of Wyoming and is now a Senior Resource Planning/Valuation Specialist at PacifiCorp (a Berkshire Hathaway Energy company).
Tan Kar Man
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2015
Kar Man worked in Khazanah Research Institute after pursuing a Master degree in Economics at the University College London with full scholarship and is now a PhD student at Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt.
Timothy Choy Xia Wei
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2015
Upon graduation, Timothy pursued an MSc Public Policy and Administration degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is now a Senior Analyst at the Penang Institute.
Bay Joe Yee
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2015
Upon graduation, Joe Yee joined Frost & Sullivan as an Associate.
Germán Salvador Olivares Merlosim
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2015
Germán Olivares Merlos is now a Senior Customer Support Manager at PRINCE2®.
Lee Teng Hau
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2016
Teng Hau worked in Crystal Group in China upon graduation and is now a Venture Builder & Analyst at Owners Circle Berhad, a training and investment company, in Malaysia.
Chiew Yen Khai
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2017
Yen Khai is now pursuing a Master in Public Policy at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore with scholarship (MOE APEC Scholarship).
Mohamed Firzul Firaz
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2017
Firzul, who graduated top of his class in 2017, has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance of Maldives in January 2019, but “looks forward to pursuing an academic career in the long run”.
Linur Chubaev
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2017
Linur, an international student from Uzbekistan, who was the President of Student Association in the 2016-2017 academic year, worked in Royal Bank of Canada Malaysia and Uzbek-Oman Investment Company in Uzbekistan after graduation, and now is a Co-Founder and Partner of QClay Design (UI/UX Design Agency).
Chong Han Kai
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2017
Han Khai is now a Senior Data Scientist at Grab.
Ervin Tan You Han
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2017
Ervin is now a Senior Executive at Securities Commision Malaysia.
Terence Then
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2017
Terence published a co-authored paper based on his undergraduate dissertation and is now a Model Validator at Standard Chartered. He is also a certified R programmer and SAS Machine Learning specialist.
Damian Mok Zhuang Zhi
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Damian is now a Local Market Treasury Trader at Citibank Malaysia.
Arecca Tan
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Areecca is now an Equity Research Associate at Affin Hwang Investment Bank.
Mariyam Imsa Shakir
BSc (Hons) Economics and International Economics
Graduated 2018
Imsa, an international student from Maldives, went on a work and travel programme in the US upon graduation, and is now working at the National Bureau of Statistics of Maldvides, training enumerators for a nationwide survey.
Rynn Leow Chok Nam
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Upon graduation, Rynn joined the HSBC Global Graduate Programme where he currently works as a Coverage Banker in the Global Banking team.
Kelly Wong Tuck Sau
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Kellie is now working as an Associate in transfer pricing at Ernst & Young.
Aron Raj
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Aron is now a Data Scientist at ADA, a digital advertising agency and consultancy.
Lim Chern Q'uan
BSc (Hons) Economics and International Economics
Graduated 2018
Chern Q’uan is now a Manager of Debt Capital Market at Securities Commission Malaysia.
Pingalayen Rabindra Kumar
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Pingalayen is now a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at Zenyum.
Henry Leow Hen Joo
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Henry is currently working as a Client Manager at S&P Global and pursuing an MBA at Heriot-Watt University.
John Lim Hong Cheong
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
John is now a Project Management Specialist at Huawei Technologies.
Nicholas Han Min Siew
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2018
Nicholas is now a SAP Analyst at Deloitte Consulting.
Fatharani Taqisa Nadhira Effendi
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2019
Nadhira, an international student from Indonesia, is currently pursuing an MSc in Development Economics and Policy degree at the University of Manchester.
Zhou Guangnan
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2019
Zhou, an international student from China, is currently pursuing an MSc Economics degree at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Ahmad Fatih Affendy
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2019
Ahmad is now a Technology Consulting Analyst at Accenture.
Tan Jia Lee
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2019
Jia Le is now an Assistant Brand Manager (MYSG) at Unilever.
Zuldanial Anxary Bin Zulkarnain
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2019
Zuldanial Anxary is now a Senior Account Manager at Fiftyfive5 (Accenture Song’s company).
Angela Namucha Chinene
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2019
Upon graduation, Angela had pursued a MSc Finance and Accounting at University of Birmingham and is now a Technology Risk Analyst at BDO UK LLP. She also holds an ACA Chartered Accounting Qualification (ICAEW).
Veenitha Balachandran
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2020
Upon graduation, Veenitha had pursued a MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate at University of Warwick and is now a TCB Associate (Sustainability) at CIMB.
Tong Zhong Han
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2020
Zhong Han is now an Investment Analyst at The Hive Southeast Asia.
Adriana Asmaa' binti Mohd Ezanee
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2021
Adriana is now a Research Analyst (Economy) at Institut Masa Depan Malaysia.
Utkarsh Gupta
BSc (Hons) Economics and International Economics
Graduated 2021
Utkarsh was the President of Student Association in the 2020-21 academic year. He is now a Brand Success Manager at Opa Marketing Tech.
Bryan Chee Jia Kee
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2021
Bryan is now pursuing a Master of IT in Business at Singapore Management University.
Yap Yi Sheng
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2021
Yi Sheng is now an Economist at Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP).
Amirsyam Firdaus Bin Rosedy
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2021
Amir is now a Solution Consultant at Rolling Arrays Consulting.
Ursita Kurian Mooleplackal
BSc (Hons) Economics and International Economics
Graduated 2021
Ursita is now a Portal Marketing Manager at Better Breathing Sport.
Peshala Jayashree Perera
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2022
Peshala is now an Analyst for Control, Process & Governance at Standard Charted, Sri Lanka.
Hanson Chong Zhi Zheng
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2022
Hanson is now pursuing a MSc Social Research Methods at the London School of Economics and Political Science with full scholarship (Khazanah Global Scholarship).
Isabelle Choo Man Ning
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2022
Isabelle is now a Graduate Analyst at Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia).
Khor Wan Wei
BSc (Hons) Economics
Graduated 2022
Wan Wei is now a Research Associate at National University of Singapore.