Pieter Kooi

Dutch. Born in 1958. Drs. Kooi joined the Board in October 2000. Starting in 1993, he advised ACLEDA as a microfinance consultant over a period of seven years in its course from a development program into a commercial bank. From 1999, he worked as a short-term microfinance consultant on projects in 15 countries located mainly in Africa and Asia. From September 2002 until December 2005, he was Director of the Microfinance Unit of UNCDF in New York. From March 2006 till May 2011, Drs. Kooi supported ACLEDA Bank Plc. as a part-time consultant in the establishment of ACLEDA Bank Lao Ltd., ACLEDA Training Center Ltd. (Currently ACLEDA Institute of Business) and ACLEDA Securities Plc. At present Drs. Kooi serves on several boards within ACLEDA Bank Group.

He obtained his Master's degree with distinction in corporate finance and sociology from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).