Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Lilian Anthonysamy is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management, Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia. She is a Professional Technologist (Ts) accredited by the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and a HRD Corp–accredited trainer. In 2025, she was recognised as a World’s Top 2% Scientist in the fields of Education and Information Technology by Stanford University, reflecting her sustained scholarly impact and research excellence.
Her research and professional expertise span digital transformation, technology and AI adoption, human factors in information systems, digital literacy, learning technologies, metacognition, and organisational change, with applied focus across higher education, healthcare, public sector transformation, ageing populations, and workforce analytics. She has published extensively in Q1 and Web of Science–indexed journals, including Education and Information Technologies, Scientific Reports, SAGE Open, Heliyon, Sustainability, and BMC Health Services Research.
Dr. Lilian holds several academic leadership and national appointments, including Chairperson of the Center of Management and Marketing Innovation (CMMI) at MMU and Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA) Internal Auditor appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. She serves as Article Editor for SAGE Open, Co-Editor of the International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting, and Associate Editor for PACIS 2025, and is an active reviewer for numerous high-tier international journals.
With over 20 years of experience in academia, consultancy, and executive training, she has designed and delivered high-impact capacity-building programmes for universities, government agencies, and large corporations. Her training and consultancy areas include digital leadership and strategy, digital mindset, AI and transformation readiness, design thinking, visual communication, hybrid and blended learning, as well as research capability development, such as systematic literature reviews, instrument development and validation, and PLS-SEM using SmartPLS.