Aung Soe Tha

Aung Soe Tha (Burmese: အောင်စိုးသာ; born 5 October 1980) is a Burmese business magnate, founder and chairman of Myanmar ComBiz Group[1], a major conglomerate in Myanmar which is engaged in the business of construction, real estates and export, import and distribution of agriculture products. He won the ASEAN Business Outstanding Entrepreneur Award in 2011.[2] Aung Soe Tha was on the EU blacklist from August 2009 until May 2012.[3]

Aung Soe Tha
အောင်စိုးသာ
Born (1980-10-05) 5 October 1980
Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
Alma materInstitute of Economics, Yangon
OccupationChairman of Myanmar ComBiz Group of Companies
MD of Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings Public Limited
Spouse(s)Khin Pyae Sone Kyaing
Parent(s)Soe Tha
Kyu Kyu Win

Early life and education

Aung Soe Tha was born on 5 October 1980 in Yangon, Myanmar. He is the eldest son of Soe Tha, a former Minister for National Planning and Economic Development, and his wife Kyu Kyu Win. He graduated with Bachelor of Economic from Institute of Economic, Yangon in 2005. He has joined in Doctorate program of Organizational Development in Assumption University after graduating Master of Business Administration from Institute of Economic, Yangon in 2009.[4]

Career

After returning from Thailand, he started his business and worked as a director at Myanmar Information Technology Pte. Ltd in 2004. Hee founded the Myanmar ComBiz Group in 2005. In 2009, he became a board member of Myanmar's largest fuel distributor, Denko Trading.

From 2011 to 2018, he served as the vice president of Myanmar Computer Industry Association. In 2014, he became one of the board of directors and managing director[5] of Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings Public Limited.[6] From November 2017 to December 2018, he served as Chairman of Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development Limited (MJTD), the operator and developer of Thilawa Special Economic Zone. It is the first SEZ in Myanmar and a monumental project strongly supported by the governments of Myanmar and Japan.[7]

He is currently working as a joint secretary of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI), as well as joint secretary of the Myanmar Computer Federation.[8]

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References
  1. "Public IT company to be established". The Myanmar Times. 17 September 2012.
  2. "အလုပ်လက်မဲ့ ဖြစ်ပွားနိုင်ခြေက ရန်ကုန် တမြို့တည်း ဦးရေ သိန်းနဲ့ ချီရှိလာနိုင်တယ်". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 22 April 2020.
  3. "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 891/2011 (Annexes V and VI to Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008)" (PDF). HM Treasury. 14 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2013.
  4. "ဦးအောင်စိုးသာနှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း". Myanmar B2B Magazine (in Burmese). 7 June 2017.
  5. "Growth ahead for MTSH, COO's resignation not related to AGM". The Myanmar Times. 11 October 2018.
  6. "MTSH to back other Myanmar SEZs, Yangon development projects". The Myanmar Times. 28 March 2018.
  7. "U Aung Soe Tha profile". www.mtshmyanmar.com.
  8. "ဖြစ်စေချင်တာကတော့ အထည်ချုပ်လုပ်ငန်းတွေကို ပိတ်ပေးပါ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 1 April 2020.
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