Board of Directors – FUNAN Microfinance PLC
Neak Uknha Pung Kheav Se
Lok Neak Oknha Dr. Pung Kheav Se

Chairman of the Board of Director

Lok Neak Oknha Dr. Pung Kheav Se serves as Chairman of the Board of CPBank, Canadia Bank, and Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation, and is actively involved in the investment and development activities of all the concerns. A distinguished entrepreneur and respected business leader in Cambodia and Canada, Lok Neak Oknha Dr. Pung Kheav Se has served as Chairman, President, CEO and Board Member of several companies, including Oriental Ship Supplies, Oriental Commercial Inc., and has led CPBank’s growth since 2013 and also Canadia Bank’s growth since 1991.

He used to be a Chairman of the Association of Banks in Cambodia and also serves as President of Cambodia Constructors Association, working closely with industry leaders to guide the development of the banking and construction sectors in Cambodia.

Among the honors and awards Lok Neak Oknha Dr. Pung Kheav Se holds a Mahaserey Vattanac Award presented by His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, King-Father of Cambodia in 2002; and “The Highest National Contribution” medal awarded by Prime Minister Hun Sen, presented by His Majesty, Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia in 2012, for the significant contributions he has made and continues to make toward the development of Cambodia.

In November 21st, 2019, Lok Neak Oknha Dr. Pung Kheav Se was honorary as Doctor of Business Administration under representative of by Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia during the inauguration of the Indradevi Building of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.

Mr. Teo Meng Poh Philip

Vice Chairman of the Board of Director

Mr. Teo is a Senior Vice President for Integrated Risk Management at FFH. In this capacity, he oversees the various Risk aspects of the FFH franchise in China and Indo China. In his role, Mr Teo is also responsible for Operational Risk Management, Audit and Compliance of the FFH Franchise, including setting its policies and governance framework. He is also the Risk lead for M&A activities. Prior to joining FFH, Mr Teo was the Head of Audit, Client Origination and Corporate Finance at Standard Chartered Bank. Mr. Teo started his career with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation where he held various senior roles and was responsible for client origination in the Bank’s overseas franchises in Shanghai and Bangkok.

Mr. Giang Sovann
Mr. Giang Sovann

Independent Director

Mr. Giang is the founder and chairman of Corporate Governance Academy and teaches at the Singapore Management University and the Singapore University of Social Sciences on corporate governance, listing rules, risk management and climate change & sustainability reporting. He also teaches charity governance at the Social Service Institute and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. Mr. Giang is Senior Director of Business Consulting at RSM Singapore and is the head of Environmental Sustainability Service and Deputy Head of Not-for-Profit Service. He has written many articles on corporate governance, risk management and sustainability reporting. His management concepts, “Four pillars of effective corporate oversight” and “Eight drivers of effective risk management” have been adopted by many organizations.

Mr. Giang was Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors where he also sat on the organizing committee of the Singapore Corporate Awards and co-managed the Best Managed Board Award for Singapore-listed companies. He has more than 10 years of experience serving as independent director of SGX listed companies. His board responsibilities and experiences include non-executive chairman, lead independent director, chairman of the audit & risk committee, chairman of remuneration committee, and a member of the nominating committee.

Mr. Giang qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also a Chartered Accountant, Singapore and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He was a Member of the Complaints & Disciplinary Panel, the Public Accountants Oversight Committee, Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).

Mr. Toch Chaochek
Mr. Toch Chaochek

Director

Mr. Toch Chaochek is a seasoned Executive Management professional having more than 21 years’ working experience in Financial Industries in Cambodia. He has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of CPBank since 2013. He has developed this green field Bank from its humble beginning to the best Mass Market Bank with his local expertise and experience of working in various leadership roles in various Financial Institutions.

Prior to joining CPBank, Mr. Toch was Chief Operating Officer of Hatha Bank.He worked at Hatha Bank and Acleda Bank at various senior management role covering Business, Credit, Operations, Trade Finance area. Mr. Toch started his career with Acleda Bank.

Mr. Toch Chaochek holds MBA in Finance and Banking from University of Cambodia, BBA in Public Law from Royal University of Law and Economic Science, and BBA in Business Marketing from National University of Management.

Mr. Neo Poh Kiat

Independent Director

Mr. Neo was a Managing Director of Octagon Advisors Private Limited and an independent director of China Yuchai International Ltd, Capital and China Trust and ValueMax Group Ltd.

Prior to joining Octagon Advisors, Mr. Neo was the Senior Vice President and China Country Officer for Singapore‘s United Overseas Bank (UOB). Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Neo was also responsible for UOB’s corporate banking relationships in the Greater China region.

Before joining UOB, Mr. Neo held various appointments in Singapore’s DBS Bank, with his last held appointment being that of Managing Director and General Manager of DBS Bank’s Hong Kong branch. Concurrently, he was also an Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee of DBS Kwong On Bank, Supervisory Director of DBS Asia Capital Limited which is the investment banking subsidiary of DBS Bank in Hong Kong. He was instrumental in the setting up of DBS Securities Hong Kong and had served as its Executive Director in the early 90’s.

Mr. Neo holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the former Nanyang University, Singapore.