Gwynn JENKINS is an Associate with Architect LLA Sdn Bhd., a prominent practice in Penang pioneering in conservation. While serving on Penang State's Repeal of Rent Control sub-committee (1998 - 2000) she prepared reports for the state government on the inner-city communities of George Town affected by rent control repeal. Her doctoral dissertation, titled, "Contested Space: Heritage and Identity Reconstructions: An Enquiry into Conservation Strategies within a Developing Asian City, George Town, Penang, Malaysia," was completed in 2003 at the Centre for South East Asian Studies at the University of Hull, England. Prior to arriving in SE Asia in 1995, Gwynn was a consultant designer in London, as well as a lecturer in Interior Design for Kingston and Middlesex Universities. Her London design experience ranged from museum environments, transportation, retail, leisure, banking, prisons, and residential work.