Day 1 the Second Batch of MIoD’s “Board/Company Secretary Program” for Company/Board Secretaries and other professionals who are directly involved in board support and board information preparation and presentation to help them provide to their board the best quality board support.

Morning sessions are exciting and getting ideas for enhancing the way of work as a professional Company Secretary as the summary of how-to which skills company secretaries should ideally have to adequately fulfill their role as governance facilitators.

The second-day program discussed in focusing the practical ways of work as a Company Secretary. The Corporate/Company Secretary’s Toolkit was provided to All CS Participants.

As the 2nd Day of MIoD Board Secretary Program, these are the rewards that distinguish the knowledgeable and effective Corporate Secretary. Easy to manage and growing levels of accountability of the Corporate Secretary requires deliberate action such as continuing professional development.

Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) delivered a 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 for First Myanmar Investment Public Co., Ltd. (FMI) – the first company listed on the Yangon Stock Exchange.

Ma Cherry Trivedi, CEO of MIOD presented and moderated the discussions through case studies based on local context and interactive group work for the Board of Directors, Directors and Executive Team Members of FMI.

Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) contribution to the event of partner organization, British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar on 3rd Sept 2019.

An insightful discussion through presentation and discussion in the event namely “𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐈𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝?” organized by BritCham and member organizations.

Vicky Bowman (Director of Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business – MCRB cum BoD of MIoD) and Ma Cherry Trivedi(CEO of MIoD cum Founder/Managing Director of Ayuroma Advisory International Pte., Ltd) participated together as speakers and identifying all the areas where businesses are underprepared and at risk from various threats.

Breakfast Talk Speaker:  John Mongelard, Technical Manager – ICAEW, Financial Services Faculty

 

MIoD Breakfast Talks are a way that members and public can listen and participate in discussions, on a wide range of topics that effect Myanmar’s public and private sectors today.

Second in breakfast talk “Boardroom Series – Conduct and Culture” will take place on the 10th August and will be conducted by ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales).

MIoD was launched in March 2018 to provide dedicated Board Directors and Executives education. MIoD aims to promote good corporate governance practices to Myanmar companies. Though its various activities, MIoD will provide best practice tools and resources, to enable Directors to effectively perform their duties to international standards.

 

Event Fees : Free for MIoD Certified Members

                      $ 15 for MIoD Members

                      $ 20 for Non-MIoD Members

 

Outline of the Event

They say ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’. But following the 2008 global financial crisis, the financial services industry has come under intense scrutiny and questions have been raised about the industry’s culture.

Banks need to boost trust, create socially responsible products and prevent future financial crises. The presentation will cover recommended actions that the industry, boards and Chartered Accountants should be taking. There will also be a workshop of innovative conduct risk training that ICAEW has been working on, in partnership with six global banks.

Please join us for a breakfast session to discuss “Conduct and Culture”.

 

REGISTRATION:

To register, please register through email rsvp@myanmariod.com;

Online Registration Form: Click Here

Director Certification Programme (DCP) 3rd Batch held in Mandalay starting from 6th – 8th August with the Leadership of the private entrepreneur-training program with pride as the first day.

The founder of the Business, Leadership and Management are attending include those based on the current business, especially in Mandalay, discussed about Myanmar Corporate Management framework, Challenges and Usage Policies by exchanging ideas.

Yangon different from the family business with international standard business activities, The role of the participating families how to step-by-step images, Structures, Board members discussed based on accountability in the current experience. Most often, “of course, should these same participants will be away from home to assist with the ability to be opened In addition to what was a very productive discussion in the light of your life. “

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Myanmar corporate landscape is made up of families who owns many companies. The biggest challenge of family business is succession planning, ensuring that the family legacy is continued to the next generation.

 

On Day 2, the participants reviewed:

• Family Governance in the context of succession planning
• Best Practice review of live case studies across Asia
• Ethical Dilemmas, through the reconciliation methodology
Directors on the Board need to work together as a team by navigating turbulent times by

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Day 3, DCP Program is starting with questions for C-suite 

 

As a Board of Directors – please think as food for thought – Where do you want to invest? Based on the thought of Hurdle rate so-called Minimum acceptable rate of return. How much expecting the % of the Hurdle rate for you?

Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) with support of Mandalay based representatives of Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) held its inaugural networking session for Mandalay business community to commemorate the first run of its Director Certification Program. MIoD launched its three-day intensive DCP in April and two runs of the program took place in Yangon in April and June 2019. The program is set within the Asian businesses context and provides a well-rounded board-level view of key strategic areas and issues facing many companies in Myanmar. MIoD networking session was attended by over 80 members of Mandalay business community and over 30 board members and business owners registered for the first batch of training in Mandalay.

 

The session was opened by Ma Cherry Trivedi, CEO of MIOD, Anar Aliyev, Corporate Governance Officer, IFC and Peter Brimble, Chief Technical Advisor, from Dana Facility.  Aung Myat Khaing from MIOD team acted as master of ceremony.

 

Ma Cherry thanked the business community of Mandalay for their support and attendance along with Mandalay DICA for continued efforts in upskilling the business community in Myanmar.  She addressed the attendees with the importance of Corporate Governance in Myanmar and encouraged Myanmar companies to improve transparency, legal compliance and implement better governance practices to improve their access to capital and enhance reputation.

 

Mr. Aliyev and Mr. Bimble also thanked the Mandalay business community and addressed the importance of Corporate Governance in Myanmar.

 

Kim Chawsu, MIOD director of Learning spoke about the MIOD’s mission in upskilling Directors in Myanmar and explained the development of relevant courses for Myanmar Directors and C-Suite education that are best in class with Myanmar reference.

 

“Myanmar needs this kind of association and education for companies to upskill our business community to upgrade our businesses, along with creating investor friendly environment in Myanmar”, shared Zaw Latt, Founder & Group Chairman of ABC-MIB Group of companies.

 

MIOD will be conducting regular training programs in Yangon and Mandalay and intends to launch across key cities in Myanmar along with DICA’s support.

 

MIoD was set up in March 2018 to promote corporate governance standards and best practices in Myanmar. It was formed with support from IFC, a sister organization of the World Bank, and the governments of Australia and the United Kingdom.

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