Jodi Weedon

Businesses demand quicker reforms, policy clarity in 2018

January 2, 2018 by Thiha

After a somewhat “disappointing” 2017 for the private sector, during which key economic legislation failed to take shape as expected, leading businessmen and chambers of commerce have urged Nay Pyi Taw to be more decisive and efficient in implementing reform in 2018. Moving forward, the business community wants to see stronger leadership and direction from […]

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Aust’s investment poised to rise after Chambers’ merger

August 25, 2017 by Thiha

Australian investors’ interest in Myanmar is forecast to rise, thanks to the recent merger of the country’s two chambers of commerce in Yangon. Jodi Weedon, CEO of the new AustCham Myanmar, said the new organisation would be formed following a memorandum of understanding signed on August 14. She said the merger would enable one unified […]

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Promising Future to Improve Australia’s Interest in Myanmar: Chamber

December 26, 2016 by thiha

Although Australia’s investment in Myanmar is less than US$130 million, the country has many rooms for improvement to receive the influx of Australian investors thanks to its promising future, said Jodi Weedon, chief executive of Australian-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce Weedon said in a recent interview that Myanmar’s recent political and economic reforms led the […]

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