The onboarding for the 2021 Accelerate Membership Cohort has begun! Impact Hub Asia Pacific and the Bank of America congratulate all those who made the cut. #AccelerateMembership has been rolled out in ten (10) countries across Asia Pacific.
MCHS is a locally formed non-profit, non-political, and non-governmental organization whose aim is to serve the people of Myanmar to improve their physical, mental, and social well-being. A group of founding members believes that improving the influential determinants of healthy communities requires equal leadership and meaningful involvement of different professionals.
Facebook Page: MCHS
Po Po is a passionate, creative and friendly colleague who is currently working as the Community & Event Coordinator at Impact Hub Yangon. As an Community & Event Coordinator, she is supporting mainly in the day to day communication and convenient implementation of monthly entrepreneurship related community events of Impact Hub Yangon. Po Po graduated with a Bachelor of International Relations (Hons) from University of Yangon. Before joining Impact Hub Yangon, Po Po has experiences working at International Organizations like ActionAid Myanmar as well as Global Platform Myanmar in assisting campaigns, facilitating workshops and implementation of youth talk show series that contributed to the community development. Moreover, she also has previous experiences of joining international workshops and conferences in Cambodia and Kenya respectively. In her free time, she likes to go travelling as well as documenting and photographing the different traditions and cultures of different people. As she is passionate for community development, she enjoys working with Impact Hub Yangon team together in implementing activities that create social and economic impacts.
Aung Khine Pyae is Space Coordinator and Project Assistant at Impact Hub Yangon. He is supporting as the daily project assistant and helps the members to work comfortably in the working space. He always holds the mindset of honesty, integrity, and hard work is important in the business and always believes that communication and experience are the precious keys to open the first door to the Business Network and to become the independent young entrepreneur. His vision about Impact Hub Yangon is to become a helpful employee for the working environment and aim to be an employee who can be productive on a daily basis for the long-term development of the Impact Hub Yangon.
Kyaw is a passionate entrepreneur and innovator who’s currently working at Impact Hub Yangon as Director of community and business development. Before he co-founded Impact Hub in Yangon, Kyaw has been working in Singapore, at a leading telecom called SingTel as a team leader in the operation management team. His passion to improve the country’s startup ecosystem and developing entrepreneurship in Myanmar encouraged him to return back to Myanmar. Kyaw has been working closely with organizations such as UNDP, GIZ, WWF for entrepreneurship support programs and also working with Grab, Ooredoo for shaping the ecosystem through community events, forums and workshops.
Su Hnin is working as the Space Admin, Event & Project Assistant at Impact Hub Yangon. She is currently assisting in promoting entrepreneurship which are most related to MSMEs, servicing for the members who are the clients of Impact Hub Yangon. She has been working with Impact Hub Yangon Team for a year and a half now. Su Hnin is very interested in communicating with people and working on projects and programs as well as marketing also. Before joining Impact Hub Yangon team, she has worked as a purchasing assistant at Golden Brown Coffee Co., ltd. She always treats everyone with respect and good manners and her vision for Impact Hub Yangon is to do the best to provide the satisfaction and convenience of our members and clients.
Myat Su Mon is an active and hardworking admin & finance officer of Impact Hub Yangon. She is supporting the company’s financial affairs, government tax matters and servicing the space facilities as well as providing their financial requirements for members to be more convenient in the working process of Impact Hub Yangon. She always treats members and colleagues with respect and always tries to give the best services and helps if needed. Her vision for Impact Hub Yangon is not only to become a dutiful staff to build a strong and growth of company financing & operating system but also to become a helpful colleague to create a warm and comfortable working environment.
Thazin, a project officer of Impact Hub Yangon, is currently assisting in community and entrepreneurship projects which are mostly related to MSMEs, young entrepreneurs development, etc. Thazin has also managed the international day campaigns and online webinar series hosted by UNDP, Unicef, Ooredoo, GIZ, etc. Besides, She also has experience in facilitating workshops. Before joining Impact Hub Yangon team, she has worked in the event management & marketing field for about 1 and a half years. She has experience in working for the event and marketing activities of Gold AYA, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Bawdar, AVIS, CB Bank, Thai Embassy, UMFCCI etc. She is a B.A.(English) graduate of Yangon University of Foregin Languages. She has also finished the Diploma in Business Management course of STI Myanmar University. She has also volunteered in youth organizations throughout her university life. Being an outgoing, ambitious and community development enthusiast, she is always happy to work together with strong and dynamic team members of Impact Hub Yangon.
Hydro Plant is an Agri-tech Company that is supporting agri-businesses with the necessary agri-technology in Myanmar.
Website: http://www.hydroplantmm.com
Landmark Global is architectural service team in Myanmar provide design, construction, decoration service. It has been designing and constructing private houses, shopping mall, office and hotel. Their vision is to participate in basic building structures which are essential to the developing country like Myanmar.
Facebook Page: Landmark Global Myanmar
Nay Yar is a community based apartment sharing startup which also provides affordable housing options to low and mid level incomers.
Facebook Page: Nay Yar
AIESEC is a global youth-led organization striving to achieve peace and fulfillment of humankind’s potential by activating leadership qualities in youth through learning from practical experiences in challenging environments. Together with parter organizations, AIESEC facilitates a network of cross-cultural exchanges in the form of volunteering experiences and professional internships.
Facebook Page: AIESEC in Myanmar
Business Coalition for Gender Equality BCGE is a non-profit association and a coalition of companies that are committed to promoting gender equality at the workplace in Myanmar.
Website: http://www.mbcgea.com/
Myanmar Retail Platform started in 2015 in Myanmar embarked on the exciting Data Collaboration Journey with the biggest retailer in Myanmar. It Provides the service to the companies who want to grow sales and market share with CMHL, benchmark my brand performance with Competitor, know the market trend and growth, finding new SKU opportunity, maximise promotion effectiveness and understand shopper.
thyssenkrupp Elevator Myanmar is a Construction Company installs, maintains and modernizes elevators and escalators in Myanmar. We have a strong presence in various segments, such as residential and office. We are committed to working together to make cities the best places to live.
Website: https://www.tkelevator.com/mm-en/
1Call is a reliable and trusted real estate service provider in Myanmar arranging real estate sales and rentals in Yangon, Myanmar.
Website: http://www.1callrealestate-mm.com/
ITP Myanmar is an Information Technology Company that offers printing, translation and technology services in Yangon, Myanmar.
Facebook Page: ITP Myanmar
Rita is a finance sector expert who held senior business positions with Asian Development Bank, VP, Risk Management, National Securities Clearing Corporation in New York, Manager, Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation in Sydney and legal positions in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Rita helps develop strategies to implement impactful social enterprise and social innovation programmes; and manage relationships with funding organizations and partners from private, public, and non-profit sectors, and linking with regional and global Impact Hub initiatives.
Klaus is an enthusiastic community developer and innovation specialist. He previously founded and worked for international development organizations on regional and global levels. His vision for Impact Hub is to become a driving force for making Myanmar a global leader in innovation
Yemin has been working with several companies in private sector and the main person to get the team together to create the backbone of what is to become IHY. He is the finance administrator and business development person to keep the team in align with financials and objectives. He has been the major connector with several overseas partnerships and looking for sponsorships in the community while building the network of the IHY to grow stronger throughout the operations in the region.
He is widely travelled and connected with several overseas entities while having established a strong relationships with Thailand C-Asean entrepreneurial and co-working giant.
Okka is a passionate tech entrepreneur who already started 2 companies. He is the tech and visually-creative mastermind of our team and greatly enjoys connecting with our growing community. Okka will be responsible for running our day-to-day operations and community development in the first phase of Impact Hub Yangon, which he is now already doing for our current co-working space by hosting weekly lunch talks and introducing new members and clients. He is very skilled at identifying opportunities and has been responsible for most of our current local partnerships.
Okka’s vision for Impact Hub Yangon is to create a place or a community where Myanmar people can connect to the open world. This will be the place where people will exchange ideas, get better opportunities, innovate, incubate and create new things that will positively impact on the Myanmar social environment, education system and economic development.
Yonn Myet Chae is a highly organized project coordinator in planning the community development forums and executing innovative project management solutions. Her assertive personality combined with great coordination skills, proactivity and a talented business spirit propelled her in the foreground of Impact Hub Yangon.
Su Yadanar is a space admin and event coordinator of Impact Hub Yangon. She successfully coordinate the outstanding customer service, maintaining an extraordinary sense of co-working community at all, running the day-to-day operations of the space, planning engaging new members or groups, overseeing and executing daily office operations.