The Batch 19 Director Certification Program (DCP) successfully concluded with a four-day, in-person weekend program held on 8 – 9 and 15 – 16 August 2026 at Novotel Yangon Max.

A huge thank you to all our incredible faculty members and invited speakers: Dr. Thaung Han, Daw Win Win Tint, Daw Thuzar Win, Daw Kim Chawsu, Dr. Tun Thura Thet, U Myint Zaw, Daw Thin Thin Myat, U Myo Min, Daw Min Min Ayer Naing, Mr. Nicolas Delange, U Thet Htun Oo and Daw Khine Wai Thwe.

🎊 Congratulations 🎊 to all Certified Directors—comprised mostly of directors, board members, and senior management of Myanmar companies—who have completed the Director Certification Program.

We sincerely hope that the topics discussed throughout the program, as well as the interaction with your fellow DCP19 cohort participants, have enhanced your appreciation and understanding of corporate governance, particularly your role as board directors.

📅 30 September 2026, Wednesday

🕛 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Myanmar Time)

📍 ICDM Office & Zoom Platform (Hybrid)

 

*Complimentary Registration

➡️ Virtual Registration Link: https://form.evenesis.com/event15905/Virtual

 

Across ASEAN, businesses are adapting to a world of persistent uncertainty — one shaped by shifting geopolitics, economic volatility, accelerating technology and AI, sustainability pressures and changing stakeholder expectations. But are boards evolving at the same pace as the businesses they govern?

This is the question at the heart of the 2026/2027 ASEAN Board Trends Report.

The latest findings point to an ASEAN boardroom in transition. Priorities are shifting. Expectations of directors are rising. The boundaries between oversight, strategy, risk and transformation are becoming increasingly blurred. And while boards are seeing the changes ahead, the real test is whether their capabilities, composition and ways of working are keeping pace.

Future-readiness is becoming the new test of board effectiveness.

Join fellow board directors, governance leaders and Institute of Directors representative from across ASEAN for the launch of the Report and a candid regional conversation on what is changing inside the boardroom – and what it means for those leading from it.

We will explore the signals emerging from ASEAN boards, where Board and Management perspectives converge — and where they do not — and the questions directors should be asking now about technology and AI, sustainability, business transformation, board capability and the future of governance.

Come benchmark your boardroom against the region — and ask the question that matters: are we future-ready, or are we falling behind?

🎊🎊Congratulations on your incredible achievement 🎊🎊

You’re cordially invited to MIoD’s Certificate Awarding Ceremony and Networking Event on Saturday, 17 October 2026 (9:00 am – 11:00 am, Myanmar Time) at Novotel Yangon Max.

 

📅 Saturday, 17 October 2026

🕑 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Myanmar Time)

🏨 Novotel Yangon Max

 

Dress Code – Formal Attire

 

The Event is only applied to the following Cohort groups.

  • Director Certification Program (DCP) Batch 17 (15 – 16 and 22 – 23 November 2025)
  • Director Certification Program (DCP) Batch 18 (22 – 22 and 28 – 29 March 2026)
  • Director Certification Program (DCP) Batch 19 (8 – 9 and 15 – 16 August 2026)
  • Board/Company Secretary Program Batch 8 (17 – 18 January 2026)
  • Board/Company Secretary Program Batch 9 (10 – 11 October 2026)

 

Stay tuned for more details.

Please register by Wednesday, 7 October 2026 from the following link to attend the Event.

 

➡️ Online Registration Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/GN8L4CKSTX

 

For more information, please contact MIoD at ✉️ trainingandevent@myanmariod.com and ☎️ +95 9 427 363 904, +95 9 400 151 419 and +95 9 400 151 412.

We are pleased to share that the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) successfully held its Annual General Meeting 2026 via Zoom on Friday, 18 September 2026.
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The AGM was chaired by U Thura Ko Ko, Board Chair, with Daw Thiri Thant Mon, Executive Director, presenting the Directors’ Report and MIoD Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2026. Members also adopted the financial statements and approved the new MIoD Policy Document and Constitution.
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We are pleased to announce the re-election of seven Directors:
💠 Dr. Thaung Han
💠 Dr. Tun Thura Thet
💠 Daw Thiri Thant Mon
💠 Daw Kim Chawsu Gyi
💠 U Myint Zaw
💠 Daw Su Sandar Zaw
💠 U Sai Lu Mon Aung
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The AGM also marked an exciting new chapter for MIoD with the introduction of Daw May Thet Win as our new CEO. We warmly welcome her and look forward to the journey ahead.
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A special thank you to Daw Thiri Thant Mon for her dedicated leadership, hard work and support throughout her time as Executive Director. We are grateful that she will continue to contribute to MIoD as a Board member.
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We also extend our sincere appreciation to our retiring Board members, Dr. Su Hla Han and Daw Sandra Min, and retiring Board Secretary, Dr. Sa Sa Nyunt, for their valuable service and guidance to MIoD.
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Thank you to all our members, Board, faculty, partners and supporters for being part of MIoD’s journey.
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We look forward to continuing this work together and building an even stronger future for good corporate governance and professional directorship in Myanmar.

Our seventeenth Leadership Series session, “Human Leadership in the Digital World” was successfully held on 23 September 2026 (Wednesday) via Zoom.

Led by Sayar Gyi Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Thet, Patron of MIoD, the session explored how leaders can navigate the digital world while keeping people at the heart of leadership.⁣

Key takeaways

  • Balance technology with human connection — Digital tools can drive efficiency, but people remain central to successful leadership.
  • Build adaptability and emotional intelligence — Effective digital leaders need to respond to rapid change while maintaining strong relationships and collaboration.
  • Create a culture of learning and inclusion — Leaders can encourage experimentation, continuous learning, data-driven decisions and inclusive collaboration.

One of the key messages from the session was that technology may shape the digital world, but human connection, purpose and well-being remain at the core of effective leadership.

We extend our sincere appreciation to Sayar Gyi for sharing his valuable insights, and to over 200 participants for joining and contributing to the engaging session.

 

In collaboration with British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar (BCCM)

CEO Series

 

About the Panel Discussion

Artificial Intelligence is transforming how organisations operate, creating new opportunities alongside emerging governance challenges.

Join the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) and the British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar (BCCM) for an engaging panel discussion on the board’s role in AI oversight, responsible AI governance, emerging risks such as AI-enabled fraud and data confidentiality, and the future of corporate governance in the age of AI. Gain practical insights to help directors and senior executives lead with confidence in an AI-driven world.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) သည် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၏ လုပ်ငန်းဆောင်ရွက်ပုံကို ပြောင်းလဲလျက်ရှိပြီး ဆန်းသစ်တီထွင်မှုနှင့် လုပ်ငန်းတိုးတက်ရေးအတွက် အခွင့်အလမ်းသစ်များကို ဖန်တီးပေးသည့်အပြင် Governance ဆိုင်ရာ စိန်ခေါ်မှုအသစ်များကိုလည်း ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေပါသည်။

Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD) နှင့် British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar (BCCM) တို့ ပူးပေါင်းကျင်းပမည့် ဤ Online Panel Discussion တွင် Board များ၏ AI Oversight အခန်းကဏ္ဍ၊ Responsible AI Governance၊ AI နှင့်ဆက်စပ်သော Fraud နှင့် Data Confidentiality ဆိုင်ရာ အန္တရာယ်များ၊ ဒေသတွင်း AI Regulations များနှင့် AI ခေတ်အတွက် Corporate Governance ၏ အနာဂတ်ကို ဆွေးနွေးသွားမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ AI ခေတ်တွင် ယုံကြည်စိတ်ချစွာ ဦးဆောင်နိုင်ရန် လိုအပ်သော လက်တွေ့ကျသော အမြင်များနှင့် အတွေ့အကြုံများကို Board Directors များ၊ Senior Executives များနှင့် Business Leaders များအတွက် မျှဝေပေးမည့် အစီအစဉ်တစ်ခု ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

 

Speakers

  • Mr. Arasu Shankher J, Chief Executive Officer, CodeStax.Ai
  • Mr. Alessio Basso, Head of Technology, Agentic AI, ASEAN, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • U Sai Lu Mon Aung, Chief Executive Officer, KBZMS General Insurance Co., Ltd.

 

Arasu Shankher is Chief Executive Officer of CodeStax.Ai, an enterprise AI and digital transformation implementation firm of over 70 engineers, working with banks, NBFCs and other regulated institutions across India and emerging markets.

His career spans over two decades. The first half was spent in large technology companies including Microsoft, Amazon & Google and the second in C-level roles at high-growth technology businesses.
He has led CodeStax.Ai since 2020, delivering production AI systems in regulated environments – including identity & video KYC validation, document processing, process automation and risk intelligence. The firm is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified.

Arasu has worked with Myanmar corporates for the past five years. He has led the design of AI governance policies, model risk controls & compliance frameworks for financial-sector clients and speaks regularly on AI at industry forums in India.

He holds a BE in Computer Science from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai and is co-inventor on patents in the data protection space.
Alessio leads the AWS technology team helping customers adopt AI agents. He works with ASEAN’s unicorns and enterprises to build highly scalable & innovative services – to fulfil their vision and purpose to “jointly raise the standards of living for the ASEAN community and beyond”.

Alessio specialize in Payments and Fintech. Prior to AWS, he worked for banks across Central America, Africa, and Asia, delivering online and mobile banking, wealth management, and retail payments products. Most recently, he was the Chief Architect and CTO of HSBC’s PayMe, Hong Kong’s leading Digital Wallet.
U Sai Lu Mon Aung is the Chief Executive Officer of KBZMS General Insurance Co., Ltd. and aims to take insurance industry in Myanmar to the next level of maturity and rapid growth working together with multiple stakeholders in the market. He actively promotes corporate governance, diversity & inclusion and sustainability within his organization and partner organizations.

He is a seasoned executive with proven track records of driving strategic initiatives, optimizing operational efficiency, and leading & transforming multiple organizations with diverse teams to deliver exceptional results in Myanmar’s largest bank and Wall Street’s largest option market maker.

He is a visionary leader with a strong technology background and a demonstrated ability to foster innovation, implement data-driven decision-making processes, and achieve substantial growth in the insurance, banking and capital markets. He excels at building teams from ground up, restructuring teams into high performing cohesive units and growing next generation leaders.

 

Registration

  • Free for members of MIoD and BCCM
  • MMK 30,000 for non-members

Online Registration Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/32tKy75q7U