Corporates briefed on opportunities and challenges in Myanmar

Andrew Patrick, British Ambassador to Myanmar, left and Michael Lawrence, Chief Executive, Asia House, right

Andrew Patrick, British Ambassador to Myanmar, left, and Michael Lawrence, Chief Executive of Asia House, right

Corporates briefed on opportunities and challenges in Myanmar

Published On: 6 July 2016

British Ambassador to Burma* Andrew Patrick joined Asia House corporate members for a private briefing on Wednesday 6 July to discuss the political and economic situation in Myanmar.

Topics covered at the briefing included the opportunities for UK businesses looking to invest in Myanmar as well as the challenges that could be faced, the country’s rule of law, infrastructure deficit and political developments that have been made after the NLD formally took power on 1 April 2016, as well as Myanmar’s relationship with China.

Corporate members represented at the briefing included Anglo American, Standard Chartered, Liverpool FC, GSK, Jardines, Lloyds Banking Group, Prudential and Diageo.

* The British Government refers to the country as Burma because the unelected military regime, which changed the name to Myanmar in 1989, was not legitimate and the people of Burma were not consulted. Aung San Suu Kyi also do not accept the legitimacy of the military regime to change the official name of the country.

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