Mr. Hui Tae CHUNG

Director

Mr. Hui Tae Chung is currently serving as a General Manager of Global Growth Supporting Department at KB Kookmin Bank in Seoul, Korea. He has more than 20 years of experience at KB Kookmin Bank since he started his career. Mr. Chung worked in the Strategy Planning Department for more than ten years, fully specialized in developing strategic plans and organizing company structure. He also had experience of successfully serving various clients including corporate customers at the local branch. He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree of Art in German Language and Literature and has a Master’s Degree of Law from Korea University of South Korea.

Dr. Dong Hyun CHOI

Director

Dr. Choi is currently serving as a Visiting Professor teaching finance and investment theory to students at Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea. He also served as a Visiting Professor at Inha University and Aoju University in Korea from 2017 to 2021 and the National University of Management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 2015 to 2017.

Dr. Choi served from 2015 to 2017 as an Advisor and TA at the National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. He served in the Bank of Korea, which is Korea’s central bank, for more than 30 years. While working at Bank of Korea, his career was centered on FX reserves management, including planning, risk management, trading, portfolio management, settlement and even IT projects. Between 2009 and 2012, he was the Chief Investment Officer at Bank of Korea in New York and managed USD 45 billion, part of Korea’s national FX reserves, investing in fixed-income securities such as Treasuries, Agencies, Supra-nationals, Sovereigns, Corporates and MBS denominated in USD and CAD.

Dr. Choi holds an M.B.A. focusing on international finance from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA, USA and Ph.D. in finance from Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea.

Mr. OUM Sam Oeun

Director

Mr. OUM Sam Oeun holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration specializing in banking and finance and obtained a Diploma in Accounting and Commerce in 1988 and also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. He has attended several training courses related to microfinance operations and management.

He used to work as Chief Accounting officer in Takeo province commerce department. Since 1995, he has worked with the KB PRASAC credit program. He was promoted to Deputy General Manager of PRASAC MFI in early 2007. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of PRASAC Microfinance Institution from 2004 to 2017. Since 2011 he has worked in the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer.

He currently holds the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of KB PRASAC Bank Plc.

Mr. Kyung Cheon LEE

Independent Director

Mr. Kyung Cheon LEE is an Independent Director of the Board of Directors of KB PRASAC Microfinance Institution Plc. As a foreign legal consultant, Mr. Lee has provided legal and strategic consulting services for the several Banks and Financial institutions in Cambodia and overseas.

Mr. Lee also served as a Deputy President of the Korean Chamber of Commercial in Cambodia and a legal advisor for the Korean Embassy in Cambodia and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Cambodia.

Mr. Lee received a B.A. and Master degree in Law from Seoul National University in Korea, and LL.M. from Law School of the University of Minnesota and M.B.A. from the Business School of College of William Marry in U.S.A. Mr. Lee also has a license of attorney-at-law in New York State Bar in U.S.A.

As shown in his previous experiences and knowledge about the law in Banking Sector, Mr. Lee will contribute practical advising and consulting as a member of Board of Directors.

Mr. Jaehong PAK

Independent Director

Mr. Jaehong PAK is an Independent Director of the Board of Directors of KB PRASAC Bank Plc. He is working as an auditor and senior consultant at a Korean accounting firm in Cambodia. He will be sharing his expertise in auditing and consulting with his knowledge and experiences gained from working with a variety of industries.

He studied in the USA from the early years getting secondary education in Western New York State region and tertiary education there in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York State capital region. He has MBA degree from Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia.

He has been living in Cambodia for more than 13 years, with his experience and understanding of Cambodia will work for the better of KB PRASAC Bank

Mr. Chan Sophal

Independent Director

Mr. Chan Sophal is currently Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a Cambodian think tank providing research and consulting services in the areas of economic development, mainly in agriculture, land and labor issues. For a progressive career over the past 28 years, he has been researcher and manager in various institutions including World Bank, Leopard Capital, USAID funded project called HARVEST, World Food Programme, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Mr. Chan received an MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of London, Imperial College at Wye, UK, after he completed Bachelor courses in Agribusiness from University Queensland, Gatton College, Australia and Diploma in Hydrology from National Institute of Agriculture Prek Leap.