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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.

This virtual event proposes to bring together Myanmar policy-makers, international experts, the private sector and civil society to share perspectives and discuss policy options to attract responsible investment that can help foster a sustainable recovery and contribute towards improving the lives of Myanmar people and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The opening session of the High-Level Event will benefit from remarks from the Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, the Minister, Deputy Head of Mission and Head of Co-operation of the Government of Switzerland in Myanmar, the Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission of the Government of Norway in Myanmar and the European Union Ambassador to Myanmar.

The first panel session will mark the launch of the 2nd Investment Policy Review (IPR) of Myanmar. Building on the findings and recommendations from the IPR, panellists will discuss key developments and challenges for Myanmar to enhance its capacity to attract responsible investments that can truly contribute towards meeting the SDGs and improving the lives of Myanmar people. The review benefited from the support of the Governments of Norway and Switzerland. (MIoD patron Permanent Secretary of MiFER U Aung Naing Oo and MIoD CEO Thiri Thant Mon will be contributing as a panellists in this session.)

The second panel session will address the topic “Attracting quality investment and building resilience through RBC and international labour standards”, to discuss how RBC standards and instruments can help build sustainable and resilient global value chains and contribute to economic, environmental and social progress in Myanmar, particularly in the context of economic and social recovery following the COVID-19 crisis. This session is part of the European Union-funded Responsible Supply Chains in Asia programme (RSCA), a partnership between the EU, the ILO, and the OECD.

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The second Virtual Training Program “Corporate Governance Action Planning Workshop” was successfully completed on 18th and 20th November 2020. 14 board directors, senior executives, and corporate governance practitioners from 10 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.

MIoD conducted first Virtual Training Program “Corporate Governance Action Planning Workshop” on 21st and 23rd October 2020. 32 board directors, senior executives, and corporate governance practitioners from 23 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, Livingstons Legal and World Bank delivered the workshop with both local and foreign expert facilitators.