Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid was the Economic Adviser to the former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Prior to the appointment, led the Council of Eminent Persons’ (CEP) secretariat. The Council was set up three days after the 2018 general election to advise the new Malaysian government on economic and financial issues. He has served as consultant for the World Bank, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Children’s Fund and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He had also served as a Director of Research at Khazanah Research Institute, Head of Economics at the Securities Commission Malaysia and a senior analyst at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies. He was also a Senior Technical Advisor at the UNDP Malaysia. Dr Muhammed obtained his PhD from the Institut d’études Politiques de Paris, France, and holds a Master’s degree in Economics from University of Malaya and a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Southern California, Los Angeles.