Board of Directors

Mr. Eiichiro So joined the Board member in December 2019. He has been with SBI Group over 15 years and currently he is Co-CEO, Senior Executive Vice President of SBI Investment Korea Co., Ltd., which is a listed venture capital firm in KOSDAQ (Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations), Chairman of SBI Royal Securities Plc., Director of Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Vietnam), and Director of SBI Thai Online Securities Co., Ltd. (Thailand). His more than 20 years of experiences in investment banking and private equity, especially experiences in emerging markets (South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, and Cambodia), with a focus on financial sector (bank, securities, and private equity) have been contributed to the business development and managerial expertise of the bank.

Previously, he was Vice President of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Director of Phnom Penh Commercial Bank, Executive Director of SBI Ven Capital Pte. Ltd (Singapore), and Director of FPT Securities (Vietnam).

Mr. So holds MBA from Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (Japan) and a Bachelor of Accounting Department, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University (Japan).

Mr. Kazuo Izumi is a Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Director at SBI Bank (Cambodia) PLC., bringing over 15 years of international experience in the finance industry. He has held senior roles at SBI Holdings Inc., including Head of Finance at Osaka Digital Exchange.

His expertise covers investment, M&A, financial analysis, risk management, and regulatory negotiations.
Mr. Izumi holds a B.A. in Economics from Keio University, is a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan, and a Certified Public Accountant (Washington State, USA).

Neak Oknha Ly Sopheap oversaw various critical positions in driving business as Chief Operating Officer, covering daily operations to end users, supplies chain, sales activities and performance, services, support branches nationwide, strategic reseller and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. Then he moved to the Commercial Banking Division, responsible for strategic deposit management, leading and initiating public deposit collection from nil to USD500 million for 18 months from April 2020, the start of COVID-19, leading departments such as Commercial, Leasing, Marketing, Digital, and Premier Banking. He holds various leadership levels such as the Chairman of LY HOUR Pay Pro, CEO of Ratanak Alangka Co Ltd, and General Manager of LY HOUR Exchange.

More than that, he has extensive experience leading panel discussions, both locally and internationally, and more than 20 years in the financial sector.

Neak Oknha Ly Sopheap holds various degrees, both local and abroad, especially Honor bachelor’s degree in multi-media design from Huddersfield University of Manchester, UK in 2004.

Mr. Ho​ Varabott  is currently Professor at CamEd Business School and Board Member / Treasurer at Eurocham Cambodia. He has more than 25-years of work experience in the Banking & Finance industry across Europe and Asia Pacific. He was previously a Country Director at The Blue Circle and General Manager at the Association of Banks in Cambodia (IBF). He also worked in major European financial institutions such as Credit Suisse (12 years), Aberdeen Asset Management, AXA Insurance and Banque Hottinguer.

He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2012). Mr. Ho is a Certified European Financial Analyst (The European Federation of Financial Analyst Societies – EFFAS, 1997), and has been awarded a certificate for the Corporate Director Program (2020) at Harvard Business School.

Ms. Wan Chi Ng is an experienced accountant skilled in finance, budgeting, and reporting. She has managed finance administration at Allnison Auditing and Consulting and lectured at CamEd Business School. With a background in auditing at PwC Montreal, she holds a graduate diploma in public accounting and speaks French, Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.