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August 19, 2019

Yuwadee Thean-ngarm to Join Panel Discussion at Myanmar Insight 2019

On August 23, 2019, Yuwadee Thean-ngarm, the director of Tilleke & Gibbins’ Yangon office and secretary-general of the Thai Business Association of Myanmar (TBAM), will join a much-anticipated panel at Myanmar Insight 2019 on implementing retail and wholesale businesses in Myanmar. During this panel session, attendees will receive practical insight on how foreign investors can effectively establish retail and wholesale businesses in Myanmar under recent legislation. Yuwadee and the other panelists—Krit Kasayapanand, managing director of GC Marketing Solutions, Myanmar; Verapun Hensawat, managing director of Flying Horse ICP Fertilizer (Myanmar); and Sorasak Keeratichokechaikul, the president of TBAM—will share their experiences with the audience of Thai potential investors.

Myanmar Insight is an annual event, co-hosted by TBAM and the Royal Thai Embassy, Yangon, and sponsored by Tilleke & Gibbins and others, which aims to promote and increase Thai investment and trade in Myanmar. In addition to learning from Yuwadee and the other panelists, attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear updates from business executives, policy makers, ministers, and other experts and senior government officials from Myanmar and Thailand.

Myanmar Insight will take place on Friday, August 23, 2019, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Centara Grand at CentralWorld in Bangkok. For more information or to register for this exciting event, please visit the event’s webpage.

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