Director, 1997 to the present - European Office for the Development of Democracy in Burma, Brussels, Belgium (The task of the Euro-Burma Office is to help the Burmese democracy movement prepare for a transition to democracy).

Advisor to Prime Minister Dr Sein Win, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) since 1991.

Management Consultant to the NCGUB and the Norwegian Burma Council in 1996 for reorganizing the Democratic Voice of Burma Radio in Oslo, Norway.

Editor of the “Burma Alert” newsletter, Shawville, Quebec, Canada 1990-1997.

Management Consultant, United Bible Societies - Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong, from 1985-88. Worked in Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand.

Associate Director: Administration & Finance, World Vision Foundation of Thailand from 1982-85.

Supervisor, Business Investments, and Foreign Investment Advisor to the President, Bangkok Bank Limited, Bangkok, Thailand, 1981-82.

Supervisor, Fixed Income Investment Portfolio - Pension Fund, and Money Market and Foreign Exchange Operations, Bell Canada, Montreal, Canada, 1977-1980.

Analyst, Fixed Income Investment Portfolio – Pension Fund, Bell Canada 1976-77.

Junior Cost Engineer and Business Analyst, Noranda Research Centre, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada, 1973-1975


Education:

- MBA (International Business & Finance) - 1976 McGill University, Montreal
- B.Eng (Mining & Mineral Economics) - 1973 McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Studied Engineering at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 1966-69.


Harn is the youngest son of Sao Shwe Thaike, the first president of the Republic of the Union of Burma from 1948 to 1952, and the last hereditary ruler of the Shan principality of Yawnghwe. Sao Shwe Thaike and General Aung San were the architects of the 1947 Panglong Agreement, which formed the basis for the modern nation of Burma.