Myanmar Times co-founder Sonny Swe appointed CEO

Myanmar Times co-founder Sonny Swe appointed CEO

By Staff   |   Monday, 01 July 2013

Effective June 24, U Myat Swe (Sonny) has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Myanmar Consolidated Media Ltd, the owner and operator of The Myanmar Times.

Announcing the appointment, MCM managing director Ross Dunkley said it was only appropriate that a co-founder would be welcomed back into the organisation he established more than 13 years ago at the first stroke of the new millennium.

"We polled the staff to ascertain their feelings about Sonny returning and not surprisingly a massive majority are welcoming him back and see it as his right. In fact not a single member of our more than 350-plus staff ticked the box that he should not be back here working. If ever there was an endorsement then surely that would be it," Mr Dunkley said.

U Myat Swe called for all to back the company's expansion drive and reiterated its right to take the two newspapers of the company onto a daily cycle.

"I spent the better part of nine years in prison dreaming of such a day and I hope that Ross and I and all of the staff can stand together proudly to do that in the very near future," he said.

"What I am concerned about more than anything else is the livelihoods of the 350-odd staff. We need to move onto the daily cycle. That's our right, I believe, and our destiny, and I look forward to being at the front line in helping achieve this aspiration."

Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/07/02/myanmar-times-co-founder-sonny-swe-appointed-ceo/