Intercultural communication offers the ability to deal with different cultures. Since Myanmar is developing its economics for foreign direct investments and new market entry from Multinational Corporations (MNCs), intercultural communication is getting more and more important. The business owners, managers and employees are required to know basic social standards to communicate one another.
Hana Bui, Kyaw Zin Tun, Philippe Battle and Win Myint Aung will discuss the insights and exchange their experiences and ideas to improve intercultural communication in Myanmar while Werner Eggert, a consultant to the Myanmar Journalism Institute, will act as the moderator.
Snacks and drinks will be served during the networking session after the panel discussion.
Panelists:
- Hana Bui, Author and Intercultural Trainer
Hana Bui is an intercultural trainer for expatriates in Myanmar and an author about Myanmar. She holds a MA in Globalization and Communications from University of Leicester, UK, and a MBA from University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh city.
Hana has worked and lived in Yangon for nearly seven years. Her book “When Global Meets Local – How Expatriates Can Succeed in Myanmar” is genuinely welcome by expats and media. Many expats say: “It should be compulsory reading for every expat here”.
- Kyaw Zin Htun, Head of PR and Communications, Iflix Myanmar.
Kyaw Zin Htun has been a professional in Public Relations and media at multinational corporations and major local organizations for over ten years. He holds a BA English and a MBA (University of Thailand Chamber of Commerce).
Kyaw Zin Htun has worked across all aspects of marketing communications and PR. From Mandalay, a quite traditional place, he has been adapting himself to work in intercultural working environment for years.
- Win Myint Aung, Professional in HR and Corporate Affairs
Win Myint Aung has a wide range of commercial and leadership experiences in HR, consumer marketing and business development within FMCG and pharmaceutical industries since 2000. His previous employers are DKSH group, British American Tobacco and Friesland Campina (Foremost).
Win Myint Aung holds an MBA degree (University of Yangon) and a Master of Science degree (London School of Economics) and is a member of the Wharton Fellows community (University of Pennsylvania).
He is a doctoral candidate with Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
- Philippe Battle, General Manager, Accor Group Hotels
Philippe Battle started his career as HR consultant with Total Cameroon in 1982, and joined Bertelsmann France later. He afterwards joined Accor USA and became General Manager in 1998. He arrived in Indonesia in 2001 and was promoted as Accorhotels Area GM Bali Lombok in 2009 to manage 17 hotels.
In Myanmar, 10 hotels are under his management. Since 2013, he opened the Novotel Yangon Max and assisted the AccorHotels network development.
Philippe Battle is a board of director member in CCI France Myanmar, French Conseiller Commerce Exterieur and Myanmar Tourism Marketing as an executive committee member.
Moderator:
- Werner Eggert, Consultant at Myanmar Journalism Institute
Werner Eggert is a journalist and media trainer. Working in an intercultural context is his expertise and he has been conducting and organizing journalism trainings for various clients in developing countries for more than two decades. Werner is the founder and Director of the Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism in Hamburg/Germany. He has been consulting with the Myanmar Journalism Institute in Yangon since 2014.
