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H.E. U Thaung Tun
Union Minister at Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and the Chairman of Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) Republic of the Union of MyanmarU Thaung Tun served in the Myanmar Foreign Ministry in various capacities. He was head of the Political Department and ASEAN SOM Leader for Myanmar. His diplomatic postings include Berne, Geneva, New York, Washington D.C, Manila and Brussels.
He served as Ambassador to the Philippines from 2005 to 2008 and Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and the Netherlands from 2008 to 2010. Following his retirement from the Foreign Service, he was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. On his return to Myanmar, he joined Shell as Advisor from 2015 to 2016. He was appointed as Myanmar's first National Security Advisor in January 2017. Subsequently, in November 2017 he was appointed Union Minister for the Office of the Union Government.
In November 2018, he was appointed Union Minister for the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations.
He has been serving concurrently as Chairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) since June 2018.
He has Bachelor of Science Degree from Yangon University, Diploma in French from the Yangon Institute of Foreign Languages. He obtained a Master in International Public Policy from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
Peter Crowhurst
Chief Executive Officer at British Chamber of Commerce MyanmarPeter Crowhurst is the Chief Executive Officer of the British Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar, appointed by the Board of Directors to the role in December 2018.
Peter has a wealth of experience, having spent the past thirty years working in Asian Markets. Initially Peter worked in Hospitality at General Manager level, in Hong Kong and China, but moved on into Real Estate, becoming an Asset and Investment Manager with ING. In this role he supported real estate development and investment projects in China and Taiwan. During his time in with ING and latterly CBRE Global Investors, Peter was responsible for portfolios in Taiwan and Singapore, with assets in excess of USD 650 Million.
Peter’s relocation to Myanmar was orchestrated through Yoma Strategic Holdings, whom he joined in 2013 when based in Singapore. Peter moved to Myanmar full time in 2014 as Head of Real Estate Asset Management at Yoma Strategic.
While at the Chamber Peter aims to support British business, together with the UK Government Department of International Trade, bringing investment and trade opportunities to Myanmar. Peter will also focus on developing initiatives, alongside the Chamber team, for bi lateral trade from Myanmar to the United Kingdom. One of the top objectives of such initiatives is job creation and benefits for Myanmar citizens.
Peter was part of the founding team that established the British Chamber of Commerce and has served on the board for the last five years since its inception.
Brad Jones
CEO of Wave MoneyBrad 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.