Entrepreneurship and SME Management

Mr. Chhit Chakrayuth, Managing Director of Propey Microfinance Plc, he has helped the company to set up everything from business registration to team building so as to be fully operational. He is currently leading the plan development as well as implementation. Prior to that, he has worked for more than 6 years in several companies whose business activities are involved in investment business strategy development as well as business plan development. The last one was the Cambodian Investor Club in which he was also involved in developing and implementing the 5-year plan. 

HIS EDUCATION

• Master 2 of Money, Finance and governance, University Lumière Lyon 2, France
• Master 1 of Quantitative Economics and Strategic Decision Making, University Lumière Lyon 2, France
• Bachelor of Economics and Management, French degree
• Certificate of French Study (Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française, B2)
• Advanced English Program at RULE, Cambodia

HIS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Present: Managing Director at Propey Microfinance Plc.
• Business Analyst Freelance & Assistant to Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh Capital
• Investment Officer, then Head Of Business Analysis at Cambodia Investor Club (CIC), 
• Senior Analyst at Emerging Markets Consulting Firm (EMC)
• Researcher at the University Centre for Research in Economics and Management at RULE
• President of Cambodian Student Association in France, Lyon France

Mr. Chhuon Serey Vichet is a very successful professional in more than 15 years’ experience in Management with so many international and local companies such as Toyota, Unilever, Coca-Cola, and ‘viral’ premium water -  Each of them is the leader in their business industries and today is serving for Big Cola, Izzi milk, C2 green tea, and Red Dragon energy drink. 
Mr. Vichet is a performance and Values-based driver. He played a very vital role in his tenure at top management in Sales, Marketing, and Human Resources; and everywhere he had been, we can see his record tracked remarkably. Followings are his achievement in the last 5 years:

• Bring Big Cola to #2 in Cambodia
• Drive ‘Vital’ premium water as #1 in Sales Volume in Nov 2010 by spending time only 1 year in the market.
• Grew Glass Bottle business of Caca-Cola to more than 20% in 2008
• Capacity and capability built toward succession Planning Strategy for Sales & Human Resources department Led ‘HR Best Practice’ in the Group Human Resources 2007 of Coca-Cola Sabco in top 3
• Successfully migrated HR management system from ERP to SAP 2007

Ms. Rathmony is a specialist in Financial Management and Entrepreneurship Education. She has her Bachelor's Degree in Business Economics from the National University of Management and a Master's Degree in General Management from Charles Sturt University. In addition, she earns an acceptance to provincial Certification Training of Business Edge by Mekong Private Sector Development Facility which is part of World Bank Group.           
Ms. Rathmony has had more than 14 years of experience in consulting and delivering business training to those concerned business owners within the country. She has conducted training in some sectors such as Trade Unions, Multi-National Corporation –Garment factories, NGOs, Government Agencies, and Business corporate companies. Her training expertise is Business Plan Creation, Micro Business, Entrepreneurship, Project Planning, Accounting, and Financial skills.
Currently, Mony is a full-time trainer and consultant specializes in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) for EDI in assisting clients to design strategic process, managing and reporting by business project and oversee with those projects to ensure that project members understand their jobs and are able to fulfill company’s expectation to achieve their financial goals and objectives.

Mr. Sokhamphou supported one leading local education institution with investment capital more than USD 8 million, to restructure shareholding and governance structure in order to acquire, for the first time ever in Cambodian education history, 
In addition, his major client portfolios range from Foreign Embassies including the US and Australian Embassy to major Banks in USA and Asia, MFIs, the first Sino-hydropower project in Cambodia and a world-leading Japanese Telecom Company.
Mr. Sokhamphou holds a Master’s Degree in Business Law and Corporate Advice from University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France.
Expertise:
Investment Strategy Design, Project Finance, Merge & Acquisition, Corporate Restructuring, Institutional & Financial Engineering, Company Liquidation, Complex Commercial Negotiation & Ad Hoc Mediation

Mr. Pech Bolen has had 20 years’ experience.

• Chairman and CEO of the Westline Education Group
• Other Businesses: ECOINN Group,
• Asia House Aides & 5ENG PR & Media
• Board Member of Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia
• Board Member of Cambodian Investors’ Club
• 2016 National President, JCI Cambodia
• BNI Mentor Coordinator, CEO Chapter
• Winning ASEAN-CHINA Young Entrepreneurs Award 2011, Vietnam
• Overseas SME One Asia Award 2012, Singapore
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Mr. Pech Bolen has impressive experience in human resource management. He started his management career at a very young age as a branch manager. From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Bolene managed more than 1,000 employees for one of the biggest educational institutes at that time. Now Mr. Bolen is a very successful entrepreneur, investor, and Chief Executive Officer. He’s currently the chairman and CEO of Westline Education Group, and an investor in Education, Media, Training and Research companies. He’s also a Board member of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia.

He was awarded as an outstanding ASEAN-CHINA young entrepreneur 2011 and recently he was appointed as local president of JCI Cambodia, Phnom Penh Chapter.

Mr. Bolen has great team-building and motivational skills and an expert in staff capacity building. Both his management team and employees at WEG and other organizations where he leads are committed; self-managed and motivated to do their assignments.

Mr. Bolen has worked in the fields of management, organizational development, and human resource management for more than15 years. His areas of expertise are in strategic management, Supervisory Skills, motivation, organizational development, leading with emotional intelligence and leadership. He holds a bachelor's degree in Education, a Master's degree in Human Resource Management, and EMBA from the UK.

" Human resources are like natural resources,
they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. You have to create circumstances where they show themselves. -  Ken Robinson "

Mr. SI Len is an experienced almost 8 years of experience in the banking industry in Cambodia with extensive expertise in Bank – Finance Institution’s HR Management, Corporate Finance, S.M.E. – Corporate Account Management, Consultancy, and customized Training and Coaching for Local and Multi-national Institutions.management.
Academic Qualifications:

• Master in Management, Pannasatra University of Cambodia – (“PUC”)
• Bachelor in Business Administration, National University of Management – (“NUM”)
• Certified Professional Trainer in Business Membership Organization (BMO) Management and Policy Advocacy, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Labour  Organization (ILO) 

Held Senior Executive Position in Local and Multi-national Institutions:

• General Manager of Tang Bun Chheng – (“TBC”)
• Chief Executive officer, ChokChey Finance Plc – (“CCF”)
• Chief Executive Officer, Maxima Mikroheranhvatho Plc – (“Maxima”)
• General Manager, Association of Banks in Cambodia – (“ABC”)
• Executive Director, Cambodia Microfinance Association – (“CMA”)
• Program & Training Manager, Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations – (“CAMFEBA”)