Wan Chern oversees the day-to-day functions of the Myanmar Times newsroom, driving editorial direction, editing content, supporting marketing strategy and coordinating across print, digital, video and social media platforms for the English daily and Myanmar weekly. She also manages the business pages of the Times, writing, editing and working closely with a team of six business journalists to report breaking news, track trends and develop story ideas.

Wan Chern was previously Associate Editor and financial journalist with The Edge Media Group in Singapore for nearly 10 years and before that, a tax consultant with Deloitte in Singapore and Malaysia.