Neak Oknha Hour Ly, founder of Ly Hour Group, was born in Kampong Cham province in 1954. He started his empire with only 0.25 ounce of gold in the early 1980s in Phnom Penh, Capital city of Cambodia. Today, Neak Okhna Hour Ly is one of the most prominent and trustworthy businessmen in Cambodia. Under the visionary leadership of Neak Oknha Hour Ly, Ly Hour Group has progressively developed multi-faceted financial businesses ranging from currency exchange, gold trading, pawnshop, commercial bank, leasing, domestic and international remittance, general insurance and investment management. Other businesses include property development and rubber and cashew nuts plantation. The company success and tremendous support from partners and public result from Ly Hour Group’s integrity, honesty, transparency and fair treatment. Through the diversified conglomerate, Ly Hour Group has continued to contribute to the economic growth of Cambodia. Evidently, Neak Oknha Hour Ly has received numerous recognition, awards and medals for his contributions.

Mr. Ravy Khek has been appointed as Independent Director on the board of SBI Ly Hour Bank Plc.

At the present time, he is a Partner at DBLS Law and is the Chairman of RGL Equity (Siemreap) Co. Ltd., an associate property development company with Goodland Group (listed on SGX-ST). He was a former Deputy Minister (1998 to 2004) at the Ministry of Commerce, Royal Government of Cambodia.

He was elected President in FFC (Football Federation of Cambodia). During that period, he also served as a member of appeal committee of FIFA (Federation International de Football Association).

Between 1985 and 2019, Mr. Khek held important positions including Owner, Chairman, Director, and Non-Executive Director, at various companies in France, Singapore and Cambodia.

Mr. Vidano Kernem was born in Phnom Penh but left early to France where he spent more than two decades, ultimately earning three different degrees in Political Sciences, Economy, Finance and Business.

He came back to Cambodia in the mid 90’s with the ambition to help rebuild the country and after few years with an international audit firm he spent the next twenty years in different executive positions such as Secretary General, Finance Director, Supply Chain Director and Production Director, contributing to transform an European Union funded project into a social business employing more than 1200 Cambodians and a leader in its field.

Oknha Sopheap Ly oversaw various critical positions in driving business as Chief Operating Officer, covering over daily operation to end users, supplies chain, sales activities and performance, services, support branches nationwide, strategic reseller and supplier relationship, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. Then he moved to Commercial Banking Division, responsible for strategic deposit management, lead and initiate public deposit collection from nil to USD500 million for 18 months from April 2020, a start of COVID-19, leading departments such as Commercial, Leasing, Marketing, Digital, and Premier Banking.

He holds various leadership level 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 intensely experiences in leading panel discussions both local and internationally plus more than 20 years in financial sector.

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. Shuzo Shikata has been appointed as Board Member and Executive Director of SBI LYHOUR Bank. He is the shareholder’s representative of SBI Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. Currently, he is also serving as Vice Chairman of Tien Phong Commercial Bank in Hanoi, Vietnam. Mr. Shikata worked at MUFG Bank in Tokyo before he took his roles in Cambodia and Vietnam. As a leading expert in the field of corporate and investment banking, he has made very important contributions to strengthen good governance and management transparency of SBI LY HOUR Bank.

With his modern and diversified managerial experience at foreign banks, he and SBI Holdings, Inc., are supporting SBI LY HOUR Bank in building and implementing its corporate strategy.

Mr. Shikata earned his Bachelor Degree of Economics from Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

Mr. Makoto Miyazaki brings some twenty years of senior management experience at SBI Holdings, Inc. and its group companies, where he is currently Executive Officer at SBI Holdings, Inc. and is responsible for the Overseas Business Administration Department. Other senior positions include director, non-executive director, chairman, and president for various Group companies. He also holds board positions across certain group and investment portfolio companies. Mr. Miyazaki started his career with SBI Holdings as Chief Representative of the Beijing Representative Office from 2005 through 2012. He was then appointed Executive Officer to head the Overseas Business Administrative Department (“OBAD”) of SBI Holdings, where he is presently appointed. The OBAD is charged with managing the development of the Group’s affiliated companies across various businesses lines, including fund management, corporate venture capital, and asset management in non-Japan markets including Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.

Mr. Miyazaki is an alumni of Western Oregon University, USA (formerly, Western Oregon State College), where he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Business.

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. Varabott Ho 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.