CEO Club

What CEO Club does

CIO Club Mongolia (Мэдээллийн технологийн захирлуудын клуб) is a non-governmental professional association founded in 2015 and headquartered at the National IT Park in Ulaanbaatar's Sukhbaatar District. It serves as the primary membership body for Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, IT department heads, and C-level executives responsible for IT decisions across Mongolia's banking, telecommunications, mining, and technology sectors. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors, a Strategic Council, and an Operations Committee, with seats held by IT leaders from Mongolia's most prominent enterprises, including Golomt Bank, Khan Bank, Mobicom, Oyu Tolgoi, Nomin Holding, and Monos Group.

The club's core products are an individual membership program (500,000 MNT per member per year, paid to an officially disclosed bank account) and the annual OpenTech Executive Summit, first held in 2022 and repeated in September 2024 in Darkhan with over 250 IT leaders in attendance. It also runs member events, including its 10th-anniversary celebration in September 2024, and provides access to exclusive events, forums, and policy engagement with the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. Vendor and corporate partnership arrangements are negotiated directly via the club's official Facebook page with custom terms.

Revenue is generated primarily through individual membership subscriptions, supplemented by vendor partnership arrangements of undisclosed size. There is no public listing, no disclosed parent company, no external equity funding, and no paid mobile application. Distribution is direct-to-professional via the cio.mn website (available in Mongolian and English), an email newsletter, and Facebook. The organization operates as a member-funded professional community rather than a technology or commercial enterprise.

Name

CEO Club

Legal name

CIO Club of Mongolia

Website

https://cio.mn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CIO Club Mongolia is a non-governmental professional association founded in 2015 that serves as the primary membership body for CIOs, CTOs, and IT executives across Mongolia's banking, telecom, mining, and technology sectors. It funds operations through individual membership fees and vendor partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulaanbaatar

HQ country

Mongolia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Fees: Individual membership fee of 500,000₮ (Mongolian Tugrik) charged to qualifying members including CIOs, CTOs, IT department heads, and C-level executives responsible for IT decisions. Vendor companies have special partnership arrangements with custom fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CIO Club Mongolia is a non-governmental professional membership association for IT executives (CIOs, CTOs, IT department heads, and C-level executives responsible for IT decisions) operating in Mongolia since 2015. It delivers paid individual membership, knowledge-sharing forums, and annual events such as the OpenTech Executive Summit, connecting IT leaders across banking, mining, telecommunications, and technology sectors with government officials and technology vendor partners.

Product overview

CIO Club Mongolia is a professional association for IT leaders established in 2015. The organization operates as a networking and knowledge-sharing platform rather than a technology product company. Its core offerings include membership programs for CIOs and IT executives, annual summits like the Open Tech Executive Summit, and professional development initiatives. The organization connects IT leaders across Mongolia's banking, telecom, mining, and technology sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIO Club Membership Professional membership organization for Chief Information Officers (CIOs), CTOs, IT department heads, and C-level executives responsible for IT decisions, providing networking, knowledge sharing, experience exchange, and access to exclusive events and forums in Mongolia.
• Individual Membership Program Paid individual membership subscription for IT professionals meeting eligibility criteria (CIOs, CTOs, IT department heads, or C-level IT decision makers), with annual fee of 500,000 MNT (Mongolian Tugrik), offering exclusive knowledge access, experience sharing, and invitations to special events.
• Open Tech Executive Summit Annual executive summit bringing together IT sector leaders, technology-driven organizations, and government officials to discuss technology trends, innovation, and digital transformation in Mongolia.
• Vendor Partnership Program Custom partnership arrangement for vendor companies seeking visibility and engagement with Mongolia's IT decision-makers, with customized fees and partnership terms negotiated directly via the official Facebook page.

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ IT leaders gathered at Open Tech 2024 Executive Summit in Darkhan

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dell TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2024Long-standing partner supporting CIO Club since its first event. Special gratitude expressed at the 10th anniversary celebration in September 2024 for their continued support throughout the club's history. Representative T.Selenge serves on the Board of Directors as Dell representative.
• Women in TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among strategic partner organizations, supporting the CIO Club's mission to advance women in technology leadership roles.
• SummitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner organization. CEO Sh.Enkhbold serves on the Strategic Council. Also represented in Operations Committee with VP Zaluhudai.
• NESTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.
• MOSAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.
• MBAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.
• ITZoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization. CEO U.Naranbaatar serves on the Strategic Council. VP B.Turmunkh serves on the Operations Committee.
• IT ParkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.
• InfoSolutionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.
• GanzorigminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.
• DigitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a strategic partner organization supporting the CIO Club.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ISACA: Global professional association for IT governance, security, risk, and audit professionals; while broader than CIO-only, ISACA represents the global standard for IT leadership professionalization that CIO Club Mongolia mirrors at a national level.
• Evanta (a Gartner Company): Operates CIO and CISO executive communities and summits globally, including local chapters. Comparable model of monetizing access to senior IT decision-makers via membership and vendor sponsorship.

Others

• National IT Park of Mongolia: State-backed technology hub where CIO Club Mongolia's headquarters is located. A partner organization that supports the club's mission and provides infrastructure; relevant as an ecosystem counterpart rather than a direct competitor.
• Women in Tech Global: Global organization advancing women in technology; Women in Tech is already an active partner of CIO Club Mongolia and represents an ecosystem-level peer for the club's diversity and inclusion programming.

Direct peers

• CIO Executive Council / CIO Alliance: Peer community organizations for CIOs and senior IT executives, running peer advisory groups and executive summits under a similar membership + vendor-sponsorship model. Comparable offering to CIO Club Mongolia's executive summit format.
• SIM (Society for Information Management): US-based professional association for IT leaders and CIOs offering membership, networking, and executive education. Closest analog as a national CIO membership association serving enterprise technology decision-makers.
• HMG Strategy: Global executive leadership network running CIO and technology executive summits with a vendor-sponsorship revenue model. Similar in organizing flagship summits (comparable to OpenTech Executive Summit) for enterprise IT leaders.

Regional players

• Singapore Computer Society: National professional society for IT practitioners and leaders in Singapore, providing certifications, events, and advocacy. A comparable national-level IT professional association model in an Asian context, though operating in a much larger market.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cio.club.mongolia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cio-club-mongolia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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