Tarmizi bin Anuwar

Country Associate Malaysia

Tarmizi Anuwar is the Country Associate for Malaysia at the Consumer Choice Center, where he focuses on monitoring regulatory trends and conducting research to suggest policy improvements in areas such as fit for growth, lifestyle choice and tech innovation for both the public and policymakers. Previously, he worked as the Projects and Operations Manager at the Institute for Leadership and Development Studies (LEAD), a Malaysian think tank dedicated to promoting alternative policy solutions and practices based on market principles.

Tarmizi graduated with a Bachelor of Education in Physical Education from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2012 and later earned a Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratisation in 2019 from Mahidol University, Thailand, on a European Commission scholarship.

He is also actively involved in consultancy and training for public policy in Malaysia. His projects include working on political financing mechanisms and reforms (2020-2021) with the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, enhancing state-level good governance (2019-2021) with the International Republican Institute, and contributing to public policy design courses in the Young Statesman Program (2023) with University College of Yayasan Pahang.

VIDEO & SPEAKING

Open-source AI gets a boost from NVIDIA and Hugging Face deal

Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski is interviewed on Schwab Network to discuss NV ...

IDIA's acquisition of Hugging Face, and what it means for local AI compute, open models, and competition in the AI ecosystem. September 4, 2026 https://consumerchoicecenter.org

Consumer Choice Center

4 days ago

How Tariffs Will Increase the Prices of your Tech Products | Yaël on Forum News Daily

Tariffs are once again on the table between Canada and the United States. For the average consumer, ...

how will this impact the cost of their tech devices and tech products? Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski is interviewed on this topic on @TheNewsForum August 28, 2026

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

Autonomous Vehicles Are All Upside For Consumers | MTS Show

On MTS, James Czerniawski breaks down the Consumer Choice Center's report on self-driving cars acros ...

s America. Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) represent the next great chapter in America’s transportation story. While AVs continue to improve thanks to pilot tests and full commercial deployment in numerous cities, the technology faces an increasingly hostile and complex regulatory environment. Although autonomous vehicles are often portrayed as a distant prospect, they are already operating commercially across the United States. Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla provide autonomous ride-hailing services in cities including San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Austin, Miami, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Charlotte. Autonomous trucks and delivery robots are also moving freight and completing last-mile deliveries.

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

Canada's Escalation on Trade War Is A Loss For Consumers | The Hill

Sabine Benoit of the Consumer Choice Center speaks with The Hill on DC News Now about the escalating ...

trade war with the United States.

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

Social media on trial for "addictive design" because nothing else sticks | Yaël on Forum News Daily

Meta is being sued for "addictive design" by some state attorneys general. Social media tort. What' ...

s the ultimate goal? Apart from massive $$, states want time limits, finite scrolls, and parental control...features that already exist. It's a moral panic. Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski is interviewed on @ForumDailyNews

Consumer Choice Center

3 weeks ago