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We are extremely delighted to invite AMCHAM members
and friends to a briefing by Dr. Sean Turnell, Special Economic Consultant to
the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Dr. Turnell will be providing his view on the macroeconomic factors impacting
Myanmar, including developments in the financial sector, the role of
international economic relations, and looming sanctions issues. He will also
give his insights on the strategy of the reformers within the government and
the challenges they face. Dr. Turnell will take questions from the participants
after the briefing.Date and Time: June 3, 9 am to
10:30 am
Venue: Parkroyal Hotel
Cost: USD 50 (open only for Board of Governors,
Committee Chairs and Corporate Partners)
About the Speaker
Dr. Sean Turnell, Special Economic Consultant to the State
Counsellor
Government of the Union of Myanmar
Dr. Sean Turnell has been a researcher of Myanmar’s economy for over
twenty-five years. Formerly at the Reserve Bank of Australia and a Professor at
Macquarie University in Sydney, Sean has written widely on Myanmar’s economy.
In addition to the Myanmar government, he has been an advisor on Myanmar to the
US State Department and other agencies, to Australia’s Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, to the World Bank, and many other international bodies.
In 2009 the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies published Sean’s book on the
history of the financial sector in Myanmar, Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders
and Microfinance in Burma. Sean has been a visiting fellow at the University of
Cambridge, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins, and the Institute of Southeast
Asian Studies, Singapore. In addition to his advisory role, he is also
currently the Director of Research at the Myanmar Development Institute (MDI)
in Naypyitaw. For more information, please click here.
