U Aung Naing Oo

U Aung Naing Oo is Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations.

He was in military service from 1981 to 2000 before joining the Ministry of Commerce. He was then appointed Deputy Director-General of DICA in 2011 and was promoted to his current role a year later. He has also been serving as Secretary of the Myanmar Investment Commission since May 2014. He was the Co-chair of the OECD task force on updating the Policy Framework for Investment, which was endorsed by the G-20 Summit. As Myanmar’s Senior Economic Official to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, he has extensive experience in international seminars on ASEAN investment and trade.

He has been playing an instrumental role in enhancing Myanmar’s regulatory environment, making it more attractive for foreign investors by implementing the new Myanmar Investment Law and Myanmar Investment Rules. He spearheaded the drafting of the Special Economic Zone Law and the redrafting of the Myanmar Companies Law, which is expected to modernize company formation and management.