How does a soldier become of one of Myanmar’s top civil servants? In this talk, U Aung Naing Oo, the Director-General of Myanmar government agency, the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration, recalls important life lessons and leadership experiences he gained in two of Myanmar’s largest institutions - the army and the civil service. He talks of learning resilience in life on the front line sleeping amongst fallen comrades, and learning to lead in the bureaucracy by empowering civil servants who were not accustomed to making decisions. He shares some inspirational thoughts on leadership and having the courage to say no in a culture dominated by respect for authority.
Aung Naing Oo is the Director-General of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration, an agency of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development. He is also the secretary-general of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC).
He served in the military for almost twenty years, before being appointed to the Myanmar civil service as a Deputy General Manager and then General Manager of the Myanmar Agricultural Produce Trading Enterprise under the Ministry of Commerce from 2000 to 2005.
In 2006, he was transferred to the Minister of Commerce’s Office as a Principal Officer (Deputy Director General) and in 2010, he served as a Deputy Director General of the Department of Border Trade.
He has represented Myanmar in policy dialogue with various institutions including the WTO and participated in many international seminars and meetings related to investment, trade and ASEAN affairs. He was also the Co-chair of OECD Task-force on Policy Framework for Investment.
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