MIMI WU

Mimi is an impact-driven plastic waste management and circularity entrepreneur and executive with a vision of a zero plastic waste future.  She co-founded and was CEO of Myanmar Recycles, a global pioneer and market leader for post-consumer plastic bag collection and recycling based in Yangon, Myanmar.  Her latest venture Global Green Solutions offers plastic waste management and circularty advisory from assessing and developing new businesses to strengthening and securing supply chains to building knowledge databases.

Mimi spent 11 years living and working in frontier markets in Asia and Africa in the fields of sustainability, global public health, public policy, financial inclusion, and economic growth.  Prior to founding Myanmar Recycles, she notably worked with the World Bank, IFC (World Bank Group), USAID, and Management Sciences for Health. 

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Mimi has a Master of Public Policy and BA Economics from the University of Virginia (USA) and certificate from INSEAD's Social Entrepreneurship Programme.  She is a Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow and Wild Digital’s BOOM21 Disruptor of the Year 2021.  Through Myanmar Recycles, Mimi was selected to pilot 3R Initiative's first ever global plastic credits market and joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste’s and Plug and Play’s End Plastic Waste Innovation Platform accelerator.  She has spoken on panels for institutions such as Bain, the University of Virginia, and Wild Digital.

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​Mimi's engagements aren’t just testimonies of her accomplishments but a beacon for what the future can hold when vision, expertise, and passion converge.