Myanmar
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is playing a key research role for Belt and Road Initiative opportunities, says HKUST’s Albert Park. Co-presenting a series of market insight seminars, Professor Park says the HKUST’s Business School has a major collaboration with overseas academics while as founding member of the Asian Universities Alliance it is promoting two-way partnerships with Belt and Road countries and opportunities in Hong Kong.
Speaker:
Albert Park, Director, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies
Related Links:
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
http://www.hktdc.com
HKTDC Belt and Road Portal
http://beltandroad.hktdc.com/en/
The MTR Academy offers intense courses on professional and managerial railway expertise, aiming to improve railways on the Belt and Road Initiative, according to Academy President Morris Cheung. This is essential for management development, says participant Kyaw Kyaw Myo of Myanmar Railways. Azerul Fahmi Mohamed of Malaysia’s Mass Rapid Transit enhances his railway management while Deddy Gamawan of MRT Jakarta looks to MTR’s high-speed expertise.
Speakers:
Kyaw Kyaw Myo, General Manager (Operating), Myanmar Railways
Azerul Fahmi Mohamed, Manager, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd
M Deddy Gamawan, Division Head, PT MRT Jakarta
Morris Cheung, President, MTR Academy
Valentin Reyes, HSEQ Director, Light Rail Manila Corporation
Related Links:
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
http://www.hktdc.com
HKTDC Belt and Road Portal
http://beltandroad.hktdc.com/en/
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In 2003, he set up in business as Logie Group to provide specialist advice on infrastructure finance in Asia across the whole investment cycle namely:
- governments and public sector on policy including in Indonesia the MOF on its $15 billion of support for PLN in the power sector and Bappenas on a $235 million water supply project; and how to finance a $7 billion new state capital city in India.
- institutional investors on strategy across the region.
- transaction preparation and M & A advisory, e.g. hydro in Sri Lanka.
- acting as an expert witness in arbitrations such as for Fraport re the $600 million Manila airport terminal 3; for a US developer in a $125 million power plant in Cambodia where he was cross examined in person and sat in a “hot tub” exchange of views with the other side’s expert (both rare experiences); and for a Canadian investor in a gold mine in a ’Stan country.
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Andrew worked originally with KPMG then PWC in London, Hong Kong and Sydney; then in tax driven financing at Westpac’s investment bank in Australia; Lead Arranging project finance at Mizuho then UBS in London; before he returned to Asia in 1998 as Head of Global Structured Finance, Asia Pacific for WestLB when it was a top five Lead Arranger of project finance globally.