Biography
Biography
Yang Chik Adam is attached to the Faculty of Law (FOL), Multimedia University, Melaka Campus since 01 December 2016. As of 01 March 2018 resumed the position as the Deputy Dean Research and Innovation. She obtained her doctoral degree on corporate law and corporate governance from the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Prior to joining FOL, Yang Chik Adam was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor. She taught at the Post Graduate Programme in Securities Law & Regulation, Corporate Governance and Company Law. At the Undergraduate Programme, Final Year(Honours) in Non-Contentious Legal Matters (components of Company Law), Law of Associations II, Law of Associations I and Media Law. For administrative post held as the Head of the Quality Unit for the Faculty. She is a Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Accounting, HCoE, UiTM, Shah Alam, Selangor.
She has practiced as a litigation and corporate lawyer as well as Peguam Syarie in the States of Federal Territory and Negri Sembilan. She was also in the corporate sector while with Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Malaysia Airlines) as the Senior Legal & Secretarial Officer. At Malaysia Airlines she obtained the Company Secretary License from the Companies Commission of Malaysia and practiced as the company secretary for some of the Malaysia Airlines subsidiary companies then.
Her research interests are in the area of Corporate Governance, Company Law, Securities Law & Regulation, Corporate fraud and crime, Corporate Governance and Forensic Accounting, Media Law, Syariah Family Law and Clinical Legal Education.