Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD)

Note: This webinar has been completed and if you would like to watch recording CLICK HERE.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

This is a group session to explore how stressful situations can impact the brain’s ability to focus and affect our mental and physical health. Mr. Ian Davies of Team Thinking Asia along with his colleague U Daniel Leme will speak about the positive impact that brain-based approaches to leadership can have on the wellbeing of people in periods of change and uncertainty. The session will be conducted in both English and Myanmar languages.

By the end of this session, we aim for you to have some ideas to:

Support yourself and your team during challenging times.
Understand some brain-friendly approaches to develop personal resilience.
Take-away a few practical tools to help you and your team to be calmer and more focused.

Please note that this is not a counselling session, but an opportunity to get together and explore ways that we can all cope better in challenging times.

Who Should Attend

Board and senior management level members of the MIoD. This is a members-only event.

Date & Time	: Wednesday, 5^th May 2021 (3:30 pm – 5:00 pm; Myanmar Time)
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Language	: English and Myanmar Languages

*Please register by 5^th May 2021 (12:00 pm).

SPEAKERS

	Ian Davies is a British born trainer with over 20 years of international training experience, in the UK, Asia and the Middle East. Ian has been working in Myanmar since 2009 and has extensive experience with private sector organisations, international donors, government officials and civil society organisations. He has a teaching degree from Liverpool John Moore’s University, is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a NeuroLeadership Institute Brain Based Executive Coach, a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Trainer of PRISM Brain Mapping™ and Management 3.0 Facilitator.
	Daniel Leme is a Myanmar trainer who started working with us in 2017. He specialises in Growth Mindset, Human Behaviour and Customer Service. His engaging style and passion for training brings learning to life. He is a Certified Practitioner of PRISM Brain Mapping™, the globally used behaviour awareness tool and is currently studying towards his MBA. Before joining Team Thinking Asia, he worked as a senior cabin crew with a Myanmar airline.
	Thiri Thant Mon is the CEO of the Myanmar Institute of Directors and the Managing Partner of Pegu Partners. She has over 20 years of experience in the US, UK and Myanmar, including as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London and the member of the senior management team at Yoma Strategic Holdings in Myanmar. She is a board member of Dawn Microfinance Myanmar and a trustee for Turquoise Mountain Foundation. She holds a BA in Economics from William & Mary, an MBA from the London Business School and a Director Certification Diploma from the Thai Institute of Directors.

Note: This webinar has been completed and if you would like to watch recording CLICK HERE.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

This webinar is hosted by the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) with kind sponsorship from Othrys, a strategic security and advisory business. Presenter Mr. John Taylor will speak about leadership styles and how they can be applied in times of stress and conflict. He will review the trend among many authorities on the subject who are now promoting humility rather than charisma as the essential mindset of a leader in business or government.

Who Should Attend

Board and senior management level members of the MIoD. This is a members-only event.

Date & Time	: Wednesday, 28^th April 2021 (3:00 pm – 4:30 pm; Myanmar Time)
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Language	: English

*Please register by 28^th April 2021 (12:00 pm).

SPEAKERS

John Taylor worked in the British Foreign Office for 30 years before setting up his own training business. He has provided leadership and management training to corporates and governments all over the world. John has also coached CEOs and senior officials in strategy and communication skills.

He is now an associate with Othrys, an ethical security company based in the UK.

He has recently been appointed as a senior research fellow at Kings College London in the Department of War Studies. He has co-authored four books and several academic papers including ‘Bad Apples, Identify, Prevent and Manage Negative Behaviour at Work” and “Revealed, Using Remote Personality Profiling to Influence, Negotiate and Motivate”.

Nick Watson is Director Networks for Othrys Ltd. He is a former senior British diplomat and Arabic-speaker who served in a range of Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan and Egypt. More recently, Nick spent nine years as a partner at Hakluyt, a network-based advisory business, including three years in Tokyo working with leading Japanese companies and three years running the firm’s Middle East business. Nick’s career in both the public and private sectors has been based around the development, structuring and leveraging of professional networks as a basis for providing high quality insight, advice and judgement to senior decision-makers. He has recently founded a company that takes a network-based approach to providing impartial, expert advice on technology innovation and its protection. Other areas of interest include Middle East advisory, coaching and mentoring, education and cross-cultural communication. He also sits on the Council of the University of Sussex, its governing body and on the Advisory Council of UC Berkeley’s AMENA Center for Entrepreneurship and Development.

Thiri Thant Mon is the CEO of the Myanmar Institute of Directors and the Managing Partner of Pegu Partners. She has over 20 years of experience in the US, UK and Myanmar, including as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London and the member of the senior management team at Yoma Strategic Holdings in Myanmar. She is a board member of Dawn Microfinance Myanmar and a trustee for Turquoise Mountain Foundation. She holds a BA in Economics from William & Mary, an MBA from the London Business School and a Director Certification Diploma from the Thai Institute of Directors.

The Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) extends a complimentary invitation to MIoD members to the PowerTalk Series from 22^nd to 26^th March 2021.

Registration Link and Full Programme Details: https://icdm.com.my/powertalk-series-2021-leadership-in-covid-exit

The MIoD team will be delighted to help our member register if you need help. Please do reach out to us.

The Series will explore how 2021 can help the business community set the business back on the right track, promote better corporate behaviour, rewrite the rules of corporate governance and return the confidence and positivity across all communities.

MIoD will also be arranging member forums so that our board members and business leaders can share experiences of navigating the current challenging period. We hope you will join and find them helpful. Separate announcement and sign-up information will be circulated.

ICDM PT2021 poster – Main poster

We are looking forward to kicking off 2021 with a members-only event “MIoD Member Update & Networking” on 27th January 2021 (4:00 pm – 6:30 pm *please note a change of time from the save-the-date email)

We have a dynamic agenda with insights from our supporting organisations such as DICA and SECM, discussions with top business leaders from our community and updates from MIoD team and board. There will be opportunity to network with other MIoD members in Zoom breakout rooms to provide an interactive forum to connect with each other.

Date : 27th January 2021

Time : 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Venue : Zoom Online

Please CLICK HERE to register for the 2021 Outlook and Networking event.

Please register by 26^th January 2021.

For more information, please contact rsvp@myanmariod.com or Phone: +95 9 400151412, 400151419.

AGENDA
4:00pm to 4:50pm	Welcome U Aung Zaw Naing, Chairman, MIoD; Group CEO, Shwe Taung Group of Companies Opening Remarks U Aung Naing Oo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations DICA Update U Thant Sin Lwin, Director General, Directorate of Investments and Company Administration SECM Update Daw Tin May Oo, Commission Member, The Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission
4:50pm to 5:10pm	Networking Session 1 Zoom breakout rooms hosted by MIoD board members
5:10pm to 6:10pm	Compassionate Leadership Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet, Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) Strategy, Membership and Education Update Daw Thiri Thant Mon, CEO, MIoD A Journey to Group Corporate Governance Daw Win Win Tint, Group CEO, City Mart Holdings Limited Importance of Disclosure to Investors U Thura Ko Ko, Managing Director, YGA Capital
6:10pm to 6:30pm	Networking Session 2 and Closing

The fourth Virtual Training Program “Governance for Directors (formerly Corporate Governance Action Planning Workshop)” was successfully completed on 20th and 22nd January 2021. 16 board directors, senior executives, and corporate governance practitioners from 11 companies and government agencies attended MIoD’s 2-Day Online Course. The workshop is part of MIoD Learning Series and it provides a deep dive into the fundamentals of the corporate governance framework and helps directors and executives develop a plan for implementing effective governance practices in their companies. An expert team from MIoD, IFC, Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) and World Bank delivered the workshop with both local and foreign expert facilitators.

Note: This webinar has been completed and if you would like to watch recording CLICK HERE.

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

Multiple studies show that female talent is among the least utilized economic and business resource around the world. At the same time, making even small improvements in closing the gender gap could quickly yield strong results. For example, a recent IFC board Gender Diversity Study in ASEAN found that board gender diversity can positively affect a company’s financial and organizational performance. And yet, women hold only 15 percent of board seats and only 4 percent of CEO and board chair positions worldwide. Considering the needs of women employees is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which many women are facing disproportionate economic challenges, taking on additional care burdens and suffering increased risk of gender-based violence.

The Webinar will help the participants to:

Better understand the business case and benefits for gender equality and diversity;
Provide guidance for directors and executives with developing a plan for improving gender equality in their companies; and
Review practical examples of how gender equality and diversity practices can be implemented during the Covid-19 Pandemic;

Date & Time : 1:30 pm – 3:05 pm , 22^nd December 2020

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Language : English

*Please register by 21^st December 2020.

SPEAKERS

	Anar Aliyev is the Corporate Governance Officer for the East Asia & Pacific Corporate Governance Advisory Program and leads IFC CG advisory activities in Myanmar. Prior to joining IFC, Anar was in private practice in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Anar has over 15 years professional experience in consulting and law spent in the emerging markets of the Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union and East Asia/Pacific. Anar assisted companies in these jurisdictions implement international best practices of corporate governance and advised on draft legislation/regulations in eight separate countries.
	Ellen Maynes is an Operations Officer for the IFC Gender and Economic Inclusion Group who leads projects to close employment gaps between men and women in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Recently Ellen has led research to demonstrate the business case for the private sector to invest in gender equality on topics including Respectful Workplaces, Tackling Childcare and Gender and Microfinance in Myanmar. Before joining IFC, Ellen spent more than 20 years working across the private and not for profit sectors in the Asia Pacific and Europe.
	Oliver Rowntree is a Gender Associate for International Finance Corporation, working across IFC’s portfolio of projects in Myanmar to drive women’s economic empowerment. Oliver was previously Senior Insights Manager at the GSMA in London, where he led research on the digital and financial gender gap in low- and middle-income countries and conducted fieldwork in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
	Pwint Phyu Hun is currently the Group Chief People Officer of City Holdings Limited, a Myanmar group company of several key businesses in Retail, Food and Beverages, Distribution and Property sectors. Prior to joining City Holdings Limited, Pwint has worked in the UK Aerospace and Engineering sector with companies such as BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Caterpillar for more than 10 years. Pwint has a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management and Development from Manchester University, UK. She is also a charter holder from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), UK.
	Brad Jones is the Chief Executive Officer of Wave Money, a role he has held for the last five years. Wave Money is a fintech joint venture in Myanmar owned by Telenor Group, Yoma Strategic Holdings and Yoma Bank. Wave Money is the leading mobile financial services provider in Myanmar, serving millions of customers monthly across a network of more than 64,000 agents. Previously Brad headed mobile money and innovation for Visa in Asia Pacific, North Africa and the Middle East. He has also been an emerging payments consultant to World Bank Group, working in a variety of markets including the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and China. Prior to Visa, Brad was the founding Managing Director of Wing Cambodia, the first bank-led mobile money deployment in Asia. Brad has worked in financial services for 18 years and is well known in the emerging payments and mobile money industry as a delivery focused executive. Brad holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Griffith University of Australia and post-graduate business qualifications from the University of Queensland.
	Thiri Thant Mon is the CEO of the Myanmar Institute of Directors and the Managing Partner of Pegu Partners. She has over 20 years of experience in the US, UK and Myanmar, including as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London and the member of the senior management team at Yoma Strategic Holdings in Myanmar. She is a board member of Dawn Microfinance Myanmar and a trustee for Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Yangon Heritage Trust and Doh Eain. She holds a BA in Economics from William & Mary, an MBA from the London Business School and a Director Certification Diploma from the Thai Institute of Directors.