Credit Rating Committee

Chakara Sisowath has a 30-year experience in managing investments in Asia. He has been an Equity Analyst and a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity International and Credit Lyonnais International Asset Management in both in Tokyo, Japan. As a Partner and Managing Director at COMGEST in Hong Kong, Chakara managed Asian equities portfolios and directed the team of research analysts and portfolio managers.

In 2017, he set up Jayu Management & Research in Phnom Penh for consulting and advisory work. Subsequently in March 2020, he co-founded 3E-Fii Capital to develop the Corporate Finance practice within the 3E-Fii Group, a provider of Audit, Accounting, Tax and Financial Advisory services to Cambodian companies. Competencies include investment evaluation and selection, firm's competitiveness and industry benchmarking, financial modelling and analysis, risk identification and management as well as strategy development and assessment.

Chakara graduated with a BA from EDHEC Business School in Lille, France (1985). He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1992). Chakara earned the financial analyst degree from the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF) and is a CFA charter-holder from the CFA Institute. He is an independent non-executive director of Manulife TEDA Fund Management Co. in Beijing, China (2016). In 2021 he was appointed non-executive director of The Blue Circle in Singapore and a director of The Mekong Club in Hong Kong.

Vibunrith has more than 10 years working experience including monitoring and analyzing commercial banks' PI and compliances with regulations, set investment guideline, benchmark, investment policy and strategy, monitor external managers and manages risk, development of economic models and formulation of investment strategies in order to generate active return.

He is the Deputy Director of Exchange Management Department at National Bank of Cambodia since 2019.

By holding the CFA Charter holder since 2017 and Bachelor of Commerce from University of New South Wales in 2012 and master of Science in Banking and Finance from University of Luxembourg in 2013. He was the founder and president of the Cambodia student association Sydney from 2006-2009.

Etienne is a Luxembourg citizen with 20+ years of experience in the financial and banking industry. He occupied various positions in France with KPMG, Société Générale, and GE Capital before relocating to Cambodia in 2015 with his family. He joined the nascent leasing industry as Country Manager and CEO of two leasing companies in Cambodia (BSP Finance Cambodia and i-Finance), and Laos (BSP Finance Lao). He successfully managed the setup of two joint-ventures, and the sale process of one company to a major Korean investor.

Etienne is the current Executive Director of DFDL in Cambodia, a regional law, tax and business advisory firm, where he is more specifically in charge of the Corporate Advisory Services (M&A, Corporate Finance, and Business Development).

Tean is Managing Director of Seeva Capital. Prior to moving to Cambodia, Tean worked in investment banking at Citigroup in New York where she managed structured real estate project finance transactions via public and private partnerships funded with taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds, derivatives, private placements, and credit enhancements from government sponsored enterprises.

Tean also worked in acquisitions at a real estate private equity firm with over $2.5 billion of assets under management with a focus of investing in real estate through tax credit syndication from institutional investors.

Sopheap has more than 11 years in investment management, credit rating, financial due diligence, business valuation, and accounting supervision in Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar and Singapore. Currently, she is the Head of Investment & Treasury of Prudential Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (CLM) Hub. She is responsible for investment portfolio and treasury management of the three markets.