Faiq Aziz received his PhD in 2018 from Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Previously in 2011, he served in banking industry as a Treasury Dealer in one of the leading investment banks in Malaysia. Currently he is working at Universiti Putra Malaysia where he serves as Senior Lecturer. He has been involved in many collaborative research projects financed by various instances including Malaysia Ministry of Education, Johore State Health Department, Selangor State Government and Malaysian National Cooperative Movement.