Prof Maliah, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA, UK), holds a PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand. She started her career as an audit semi senior at a public accountants’ firm and later joined academia. She was formerly the Dean of the Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). At the international level, Prof Maliah was a member of the ISO TC 207 Working Group on Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) in Geneva. She was also a Visiting Professor at Curtin University (Australia), University of Sharjah (the United Arab Emirates) as well as University Muhammadiyyah, Yogjakarta (UMY, Indonesia). She was appointed as a board member of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) by the Minister of Finance Malaysia in 2013. She was also a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Currently, she is an Honorary Professor at UNISEL and an Advisor at Salihin Centre of Excellence in Islamic Accounting and Auditing. She has also been appointed as an Advisor by the Accountant General of Malaysia in the development of accounting standards for Baitulmal, Zakat and Waqf. She sits on the Education Board of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Accountancy Research and Education Foundation (MAREF). She is also an assessor for MIA’s accreditation of accounting degrees in Malaysia. Her research interests are primarily on Islamic Accounting, Management Accounting and Environmental Accounting. She has been a speaker at both the international and national levels.