The Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) extends a complimentary invitation to MIoD members to the PowerTalk Series from 22nd to 26th 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 26th 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 , 22nd December 2020

Registration             :           [Click here] 

Details agenda        :           [Click here]

Language                 :           English

*Please register by 21st 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.

The third Virtual Training Program “Governance for Directors (formerly Corporate Governance Action Planning Workshop)” was successfully completed on 16th and 18th December 2020. 17 board directors, senior executives, and corporate governance practitioners from 14 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, Dentons Myanmar Limited and World Bank delivered the workshop with both local and foreign expert facilitators.

Programme Synopsis

The Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD), in collaboration with the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) and the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), is delighted to deliver a special programme featuring three esteemed board directors.

Sir John Tusa will first provide a discussion on his latest book “On Board: The Insider’s Guide to Surviving Life in the Boardroom” where he recounts hist last three decades a member or chair of many major cultural and academic boards. He will share candid and deep insights into the practicalities, challenges and opportunities of good governance at the highest levels.

His insights and observations are distilled from some vivid case studies of events on seven major boards: National Portrait Gallery, English National Opera, American Public Radio, British Museum, Wigmore Hall, University of the Arts London and Clore Leadership Programme. 

Based on almost a hundred “on-the-record” interviews with board member from many skills and professions, this is an account of the human interactions, the successes, the failures, the human tragedies that occur around the board table in pursuit of the elusive goal of “good governance”.

Sir John Tusa will then be joined by Ms. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina, Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director, Manulife Holdings Berhad and Mr. Ferdinand (Ferry) de Bakker, Council Member of Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) for a discussion exchanging their many years’ of experience serving as board directors of prominent institutions around the world.

The programme will be moderated by Thiri Thant Mon, CEO of the MIoD.

Learning Outcomes/Takeaways

  • There is no difference between a corporate board and a “not-for-profit” board. In fact, cultural boards are often harder to run.
  • Unless the chair and chief executive work in close partnership, the organisation will not succeed in being at its best.
  • An effective board member brings their best judgement to the table, not only their specific skills.
  • “Governance is governance and management is management”.

Target Audience

  • All Directors from public & private sectors
  • Governance professionals
  • C-Suites Executives & Senior Management working with Boards

 

Date & Time :     10th December 2020 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm (Myanmar Time)
Registration :     [Click here] 
Brochure  :    [Click here] 
Language  :     English

SPEAKERS

Sir John Tusa is a British arts administrator, author, journalist, and former presenter of BBC’s Newsnight. He is the co-chairman of the European Union Youth Orchestra and was formerly the managing director of the BBC World Service and the Barbican Arts Cen tre. As Managing Director of the BBC External Services, he set up BBC World Service Television. He is also a writer whose books include Pain in the Arts and Making a Noise: Getting it Right, Getting it Wrong in Life, the Arts and Broadcasting.

Dato’ Dr Zaha has more than 25 years experience in the financial, commodities and securities industr, and the development of the Malaysian Capital Market. She is currently the Chairman of Manulife Holdings Bhd and a Member of its Nominating/Remuneration Committee. She is a Board Member of Hong Leong Industries Bhd, Tanah Makmur Berhad and several private limited companies. She is also a member of Market Participants Committee (MPC) of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, and the director of The Kuala Lumpur Business Club. 

An ardent supporter of causes that enable women to enhance their contribution in society, Dato’ Dr Zaha Rina has organised many fund-raising activities for related NGOs. She is the Honorary Treasurer of Badan Warisan Malaysia. She is also a consultant to the Olave Baden Powell Society which raises funds for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. She was a member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 and was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysia AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

Mr. Ferdinand (‘Ferry’) de Bakker is an adjunct lecturer at Nanyang Technology University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in Singapore. He is chairman of Cognac Grosperrin in France; and managing director of La Croisette, a boutique consulting firm in Singapore. He serves on boards and committees of multiple non-profits in Singapore and is a council member at the Singapore Institute of Directors. He had a two-decades long career at the international public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, first as a country manager, and later as CEO of its European and Asia-Pacific operations. He has served as an independent director on boards in several European countries. He has written for various publications The Netherlands, the UK, France and Singapore on education, corporate communication and lifestyle matters.
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 and an MBA from the London Business School.