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Myanmar Strategic Holdings
Myanmar Strategic Holdings is an investment company based in Myanmar. It focuses on buyout investments. The firm has a team of 10 staff, including 4...
Overview
Myanmar Strategic Holdings is an investment company based in Myanmar. It focuses on buyout investments. The firm has a team of 10 staff, including 4 investment professionals.
General information
Firm type
Generalist
Location
Region
Asia
Country
Myanmar
City
Yangon
Corporate office
Yangon, Myanmar
Principals
Enrico Cesenni
Founder and CEO
Jonathan Kolb
CFO and Executive Director
Alain Thibault
COO and CEO of Wall Street English units
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Is Myanmar Strategic Holdings structured as a fund or an operating company?
It is a Luxembourg-domiciled holding company listed on the London Stock Exchange, making it a permanent-capital vehicle rather than a closed-end fund. This means it does not face redemption pressure or a fund-life deadline. MSH directly acquires and operates businesses — schools, hostels, office buildings — rather than taking minority equity stakes.
What sectors does Myanmar Strategic Holdings explicitly avoid?
The firm concentrates on three sectors — education, hospitality, and commercial real estate — and has shown no public appetite for manufacturing, extractives, financial services, or technology. This narrow focus reflects the operational burden of running service businesses in Myanmar rather than passive portfolio investing.
Where does the underlying capital come from?
MSH is publicly listed, so its equity capital comes from a dispersed shareholder base that trades on the London Stock Exchange. MACAN Pte Ltd is the single largest shareholder, but the ultimate source of MACAN's capital is not publicly known. Verlinvest SA, which co-invests alongside MSH in education assets, represents family-office capital from the de Spoelberch and related families behind Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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