Mr SOK Sophal obtained his Master’s Degree in Finance at the National University of Management in 2007. He received his Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in English, majoring in International Business at Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) in 2005 and his Bachelor’s Degree of Economics Science, majoring in Management of Enterprise at the former Faculty of Law and Economics in 2000. He has attended numerous training courses such as Leadership and Diversity for Innovation Program by Women World Banking with the support from Wharton University of Pennsylvania (USA), Advanced Management Program by Cornell University at Colombo (Sri Lanka), Syndication Loan Pricing & Structuring by Universal Network Intelligence (Malaysia), and several other workshops and training courses in the areas of Financing Alternative through Capital Market and Dissemination of Provision on Debt/Bond Securities, Impact Investing, Microfinance Forum, Financial Analysis, Accounting and Marketing. In 2018, he attended the Certified Management Accountant Program Australia, the 6th intake training course on the ultimate business professional focus on strategic cost management and strategic business analysis. He worked with ACLEDA Bank Plc. for almost ten years from 2001 to 2010 with several positions as an Assistant Manager of the Management Accounting Unit (2003 – 2007) and Manager of the Management Accounting Unit (2007 – 2008). In 2008, he was promoted to be Assistant Senior Vice President (responsible for investment) of the Legal and Corporate Affairs Division in ACLEDA Bank. Hereafter, in January 2009, he was promoted to be Deputy Head of Capital Market Division of ACLEDA Bank Plc. Mr SOK Sophal starts working with LOLC Cambodia in August 2010 as a Chief Finance Officer, and he has been promoted to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer since March 2019.
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