Thirty business professionals, academics and regulators today graduated from Myanmar’s inaugural Directors Certification Program, becoming the country’s first batch of directors to be certified locally. The three-day intensive program was developed by the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) together with IFC, a sister organization of the World Bank, in partnership with the Singapore Management University Executive Development, renowned for its excellence in delivering executive programs. The Director’s Certification Program was...

Businesswoman Ma Cherry Trivedi has been appointed the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Myanmar Institute of Directors, MIoD. She brings to MIoD many years of entrepreneurial experience in Myanmar and the United States. MIoD was set up in March this year to promote corporate governance standards and best practices in Myanmar. Corporate governance helps companies improve performance, increase access to financing and strengthen long-term sustainability. Located in Yangon, MIoD...

This week marks the launch of an important market institution – the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD), the first independent, private sector-led organization promoting best corporate governance standards and practices in the country. This is a significant step in Myanmar’s ongoing market reforms and sends a strong signal to the global business community the country’s commitment to good governance and responsible business.

Myanmar regulators, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Myanmar (SECM), the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), and the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) are to benchmark the corporate governance practices of Myanmar companies against international standards to help them improve performance.

The Netherlands Development Finance Company and the International Finance Corporation have launched an online course on Related Party Transactions (RPTs) governance for Vietnamese commercial banks. The e-course aims to help promote the application of international best practices in RPTs among commercial banks in Vietnam to improve their access to capital.