Nurul Izzah Anwar currently co-heads the Secretariat for the Advisory Committee to Finance Minister (ACFIN) that includes overseeing the preparation of the policy recommendations relating to subsidies and social protection, government-owned entities, government revenue and national debt. She was formerly Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh from the People’s Justice Party (KEADILAN). She currently serves as Vice President of KEADILAN. She previously served on the Public Accounts Committee and was KEADILAN Spokesperson for the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development.

Some of her initiatives as MP for Permatang Pauh include Program ROSE in collaboration with Universiti Malaya (a cervical cancer screening program for underserved women based at the University of Malaya Medical Centre), the Permatang Pauh Women’s Project (upskilling B40 women), and the 2021 Permatang Pauh Multidimensional Poverty Study headed by Professor Fatimah Kari, a forerunning expert in Malaysian multidimensional poverty.

Nurul Izzah earned her Masters’ Degree from the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University studying International Relations (with a specialisation in Southeast Asia Studies). She received her Bachelors’ Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Tenaga Nasional.