Bank ProfileFacts & FiguresBoard of Directors

Board of Directors

Mr. CHEA Sok, Chairman

Cambodian, joined the Board October 2000. Born in 1943, he obtained a Licence-es-Science Commercials in 1967 (specialising in banking, finance and accounting). He joined the Banque Khmere pour le Commerce (Commercial Bank) in 1965 as Branch Manager in Sihanoukville, Deputy Branch Manager in Phnom Penh and Battambang until 1975. Branch Manager of the National Bank of Cambodia (Central Bank) in Battambang 1979 - 1990. From 1990 - 1999: Deputy Governor, Director of the Bank Supervision & Examination Department, Director of the Economic Research Department, General Director of the National Bank of Cambodia (Central Bank). From 1992, he attended numerous courses and seminars on macro-economic management and microfinance in several countries and in Cambodia. He retired from the National Bank of Cambodia in 1999 after 20 years in banking, finance, legal and management. In 2006 he undertook the International Company Directors Course in Perth, WA, organised by Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr. CHEA Sok is also Chairman of the Board of ACLEDA Bank Lao Ltd.

Board Committees: Audit and Compliance.

Mr. John BRINSDEN, OBE, Vice Chairman

British/New Zealand. Born in 1942, he has lived in Asia for 46 years the last 23 of which have been in Vietnam and Cambodia. He previously worked for the Standard Chartered Bank from 1961 until retiring in 1999 as Resident Director, Mekong Sub-region. He assumed his present role on joining the Board of ACLEDA Bank in October 2000. He has particular responsibility for advising the bank on commercial banking, corporate governance and international relations. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of England and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Married with one daughter to Chuang Pi-Feng, Taiwanese, he now lives with his family in Phnom Penh but travels widely in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. Mr. BRINSDEN is also Country Representative Cambodia for Jardine Matheson Limited.

Board Committees: Assets and Liabilities (Chair), Audit and Compliance (Chair), Remuneration.

Drs. Peter KOOI, Director

Dutch, born in 1958. Peter joined the Board in October 2000. He obtained his Master's degree with distinction in corporate finance and sociology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From 1993, he advised ACLEDA as a microfinance consultant over a period of seven years in its course from a development program into a commercial bank. From 1999, Peter worked as a short-term microfinance consultant on projects in fifteen countries located mainly in Africa and Asia. From September 2002 until December 2005, Peter was Director of the Microfinance Unit of UNCDF in New York. From March 2006 till May 2011 Peter supported ACLEDA Bank Plc. as a part-time consultant in the establishment of ACLEDA Bank Lao, ACLEDA Training Center and ACLEDA Securities. At present Peter serves in several Boards and provides short-term consultancies and training in microfinance and strategic management. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Board Committees: Credit and Risk (Chair), Assets and Liabilities.

Mr. LONH Thol, Director

Cambodian, joined the Board October 2000. Born in 1961. After studying marketing management he joined ILO in 1992 and moved to ACLEDA in 1993 where he now works in Administration Division as Assistant Vice President and Manager of the Transportation Unit.

Mrs. SOK Vanny, Director

Cambodian, joined the Board October 2000. Born in 1966, she obtained a master's degree of business administration majoring in finance and banking from the National University of Management, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in September 2006. She graduated with a bachelor's degree of business administration majoring in management from the National Institution of Management, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2001. She joined ACLEDA NGO in 1993 and now works as Vice President and Manager of ACLEDA Bank's Tuol Kork Branch.

Mrs. Femke BOS, Director

Dutch, born in 1969. Joined the Board in August 2002. Mrs. Femke BOS is Fund Manager of the Triodos Microfinance Fund at Triodos Investment Management, a 100% subsidiary of Triodos Bank. She joined Triodos Bank in 2002, first as Senior Investment Officer Asia, later as fund manager of the Triodos-Doen Fund, one of the four, mixed debt/equity microfinance funds under Triodos’ management. Mrs. Femke BOS has extensive experience in both debt and equity investments in microfinance banks and institutions in emerging and frontier markets. Prior to Triodos Bank, she held several positions with ABN AMRO Bank in the Netherlands in commercial and retail banking. She obtained a Master's degree in Law from the University of Amsterdam in 1994. She attended the Australian Institute of Company Directors' International Company Directors Course in Perth, Western Australia, in 2006. Mrs. Femke BOS is also a board member of ACLEDA Bank Lao Ltd in Lao PDR and served on the board of directors of Xacbank in Mongolia from 2006 - 2009.

Board Committees: Credit and Risk, Remuneration.

Mr. Syed Aftab AHMED, Director

Pakistani. Mr. AHMED has worked for the International Finance Corporation since 1989 in several positions, including Senior Manager in charge of IFC’s Global Micro and Small Business Finance Group. In this capacity, he led the development of IFC's global Microfinance business practice and related investment portfolio. Presently, he represents IFC on the Board of Directors of several commercial banks and Microfinance Institutions in Asia and Europe. Mr. AHMED is also a member of the Board of ACLEDA Bank Lao Ltd.

Mr. Alain CANY, Director

French. Joined the Board of ACLEDA Bank Plc in February 2010. He began his career at Credit Commercial de France, holding various executive positions in France before working as Deputy General Manager and Head of Business Development in Hong Kong and Chief Representative in South Korea for the company. In 1994 he became General Manager of CCF in Hong Kong. He then moved to HSBC as the Head of European Business Development at the regional headquarters in Hong Kong and the President and Chief Executive Officer for HSBC Vietnam for 4 years. Mr. CANY has been Group Country Chairman of Jardine Matheson Vietnam since August 2007 and Chief Representative and Senior Advisor of Rothschild. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB). He has been Chairman of Eurocham in Vietnam since 2005. He studied economic sciences at the University of Paris and was awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) by the President of the Republic of France in 2002 and Officer of the French National Merit Order. He was awarded the Friendship Medal by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 2010.

Board Committees: Remuneration (Chair).

Mr. Yves JACQUOT, Director

French, born in 1956, joined the board in July 2011. Mr. JACQUOT is graduated from Essec business school. He began its career with various positions in the banking area before joining Bred Banque Populaire in 1993. He is now Deputy CEO of Bred Banque Populaire in charge of finance, IT and general administration. He is also CEO of Cofibred that owns and manages all the subsidiaries and participations of Bred Group, and in charge of the external growth of the Group.

Board Committees: Remuneration.