Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet is a Founding Patron of the Myanmar Institute of Directors (MIoD). He has held a distinguished career spanning academia, public service, international organisations, business, and economic policy.

He currently serves as an Independent Director of Ayeyarwady Bank and as an Advisor to the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI). He also holds various academic and advisory positions, including Distinguished Professor at Shan State Buddhist University, Honorary Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and Honorary Professor at Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand. He is also a Research Professor at Kyung Hee University, Korea, an Honorary Professor at Yangon University of Economics and Kunming University, China, a Senior Research Advisor at the Myanmar Studies Center, and a Senior Advisor at an economic research and development institute in Thailand.

Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet has held several prominent positions in Myanmar and international organisations. From 2010 to 2025, he served as an Economic Advisor to the President of Myanmar. He was also a Member of the Myanmar Investment Commission (2010–2020) and a Member of the Peace Commission (2015–2020).

Previously, he served as a Senior Advisor at the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Yangon (2008–2010) and as a Principal Officer at the United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy (2000–2008). From 1992 to 2000, he was a Senior Advisor at UNICEF in New York. Earlier in his career, he served as Director General of the Department of Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Health (1979–1992) and held an academic position in the Department of Commerce at the University of Economics from 1966 to 1979.

Professor Dr. Aung Tun Thet holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from Yangon University of Economics, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from Brighton, UK, an M.Sc. from the University of Warwick, UK, and a Ph.D. from UMIST, UK. He also completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Germany. In addition, he holds an Honorary Doctorate from Yangon University of Economics and a Diploma/qualification in Management Development from the UK.

U Soe Win is the Country Managing Partner for Deloitte Touche Myanmar Vigour Advisory Ltd. (Myanmar). He began his career at a state-owned commercial bank as Deputy Manager in 1961 before he was sent to the U.K. to receive training at National Westminster Bank and the Bank of England. He was appointed Deputy Controller of Foreign Exchange (Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank) in 1990 and General Manager in 1993. He was heavily involved in drafting the country’s banking laws and regulations as well as fiscal policies during his tenure.

In 1996, he joined Pricewaterhouse Associates Ltd. In 2003, he founded Myanmar Vigour Co. Ltd., which became a member firm of Deloitte in 2015 and a joint venture with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. as Deloitte Touche Myanmar Vigour Advisory Ltd. a year later. He is also a member of the Bar Council in Yangon.

U Aung Naing Oo is Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations.

He was in military service from 1981 to 2000 before joining the Ministry of Commerce. He was then appointed Deputy Director-General of DICA in 2011 and was promoted to his current role a year later. He has also been serving as Secretary of the Myanmar Investment Commission since May 2014. He was the Co-chair of the OECD task force on updating the Policy Framework for Investment, which was endorsed by the G-20 Summit. As Myanmar’s Senior Economic Official to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, he has extensive experience in international seminars on ASEAN investment and trade.

He has been playing an instrumental role in enhancing Myanmar’s regulatory environment, making it more attractive for foreign investors by implementing the new Myanmar Investment Law and Myanmar Investment Rules. He spearheaded the drafting of the Special Economic Zone Law and the redrafting of the Myanmar Companies Law, which is expected to modernize company formation and management.