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New Asia Property was set up by Tony Picon, previously Managing Director of Colliers International in Myanmar, who starting operating Colliers in Myanmar in 2011 where he was responsible for the first ever Yangon property research reports. Tony built up a strong research & consultancy team that still leads the market. Tony Picon also wrote the first ever Vientiane, Laos reports and worked in Thailand and Vietnam as well as having knowledge and extensive contacts in Cambodia and Bangladesh. The vision of New Asia Property is to develop the best property advisory services for the frontier markets, supporting both local companies looking to develop their capabilities and foreign investors wishing to enter the markets. New Asia Property Consultants Limited is a company registered in Hong Kong.

Charm May Thu started her career in Singapore Real Estate for nearly a decade and is currently with Singapore's Largest Real Estate Agency-ERA, focusing on the niche market of wealthy high net worth Burmese investors buying million dollar price tagged homes in Singapore. Charm has hosted 10 successful Singapore Property Exhibitions in Myanmar introducing Singapore’s Top Developers such as Far East Organisation and Wing Tai Asia to Myanmar Investors and 3 Myanmar Property Exhibitions in Singapore showcasing YOMA properties to Myanmar nationals residing in Singapore. She has been awarded ERA's Top 50 Achievers' Award yearly for 4 consecutive years from 2011-2014 among ERA's 6000 agents.

Ben is a New Zealand qualified, Myanmar based commercial lawyer. Prior to joining South Asia Law’s Myanmar Office at the start of 2014, Ben practised in New Zealand at a leading Auckland law firm. There, he acted on a wide range of corporate and commercial law projects (both domestic and cross border transactions), with a specialisation in commercial property development, acquisitions and disposals. At South Asia Law, Ben advises a range of high profile clients (including listed corporates) on diverse and substantial investment and market entry projects.

While at Columbia University, Stephen Zawmoe Shwe won prominent design awards including the SOM Foundation Architecture Fellowship and the AIA Allwork Scholarship Award. Prior to establishing SPiNE, Zawmoe Shwe worked for seven years as an Associate at Tecny Group in New York, where he oversaw the design and construction of numerous residential and commercial projects including 15 l’Occitane stores throughout the United States and over 20 residential, commercial, and institutional projects including the American Federation of Arts headquarters and Morelle (Equipment) showroom in New York City. Stephen Zawmoe Shwe started out SPiNE Architects office of Myanmar in 2003. Since then he has been in charge of projects for clients such as City Mart, Golden Flower, Myanmar Distributing Group, Eden Group, Max Myanmar, Htoo and many other major companies of Myanmar.

Andrew has over fifteen years’ experience delivering buildings projects in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Andrew has served as the principal Beca contact and design manager for complex projects such as airports, data centres, commercial green buildings, distribution centres, shopping malls, office fitouts and large condominiums. Currently Andrew is based in Yangon with his family and serves as Country Manager for Myanmar and as Job Director on a number of projects. Andrew is a registered International Professional Engineer by Engineering New Zealand and a Registered PE (RLPE) with the Myanmar Engineering Council. Andrew also serves as President of the New Zealand Myanmar Chamber of Commerce.

Born in Mandalay, Zaw moved to London, in the UK, in 1993. There he studied at St James Independent School, in Middlesex, before attending the University of Warwick. Zaw is a chartered accountant, and an active member of the Institute of Charted accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He worked for BDO in the UK, before moving back to Myanmar in 2016, to help establish BDO in Yangon. In 2018 he moved to the City Mart group (CMHL), where he is currently the Financial Controller for a number of business units, including its shopping center construction and management arm, City Properties.

Dr Soe Thein obtained PhD in Civil Engineering from NUS. He involved in construction industry in Singapore and Myanmar. He played multiple roles as Principal Design Engineer, Consultants and Project Manager in prestigious Projects; Strand Square, Vantage Tower, Diamond Inya Palace and The Leaf Residence. He continued to play multiple roles in on going Projects; PTTEP Office Tower, Sakura Hospital Extension and Office & Residential Project at Parami Road. He is Advisor to YCDC and member of Professional Assessment Group at Myanmar Engineering Council. He was also the Lecturer at Civil Engineering Department at Yangon Technological University.

Khin Maung Than is the chairman and Founder of Myanmar Real Estate Services Association (MRESA), a national level estate association located in Yangon. He is also the Chairman of ASEAN Real Estate Network Alliance (ARENA). Putting together a background of business and estate management, Khin is a creative thinker who excels in communication, networking, and negotiating skills. Khin is an active real estate speaker and has spoken for various events and conferences both locally and internationally. An active voice for the real estate industry in Myanmar, Khin was elected as the Chairman of MRESA for two consecutive terms. He has had many overseas experience in business, and also participated in social works.

Yu is an experienced and innovative interior designer focused on finding creative solutions to the clients’ functional needs. She earned her advanced diploma in interior design from the Raffles Design Institute Singapore in 2009. Yu established her career at several high-profile design companies and founded her own interior design firm, Creative FOX Design & Build Co.,Ltd in 2014. With an eye for quality, sense of style, and a client-centered approach to business, Yu provided design & build services for Luxury houses, condominiums, commercial shops, restaurants, hotels, hospitality projects and offices over 8 years now.

Richard Moh has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management at Cornell University and an MBA degree from Wharton School of Management. Having lived in many countries (Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and USA), he brings a unique set of skills to the company management. He is responsible for the corporate development of MAA Group, which includes general management improvements, and the development of new ideas such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) since 2009. He is also passionate about the civil engineering community and fostering the next generation of engineers, serving as Chairman of Young Engineers Committee, Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) and the member of Youth Talent Working Group of the FEIAP (Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific) which includes 26 member countries. He is Managing Director of MAA Consultants (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. since 2013, involved many types of infrastructure and building projects, with the aim to enhance the public work quality in Myanmar.