Dr Ednin Hamzah is a physician by profession and a coffee drinker by nature. He is the CEO of Hospice Malaysia, a position he has held since 1997 upon his return from the United Kingdom. Ednin graduated in Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and trained and worked in General Practice.

Clinically he heads the largest community palliative care service in Malaysia. He is involved with teaching palliative care at both under and postgraduate levels with several universities. Nationally he has been involved in palliative care, pain, and cancer control issues both with the Ministry of Health and several non-government organisations.

He is currently the Chair of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network.