BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MR. SHUZO SHIKATA

Chairman of Board of Directors and Shareholder Representative

Mr. Shuzo Shikata has been appointed as Chairman of SBI LYHOUR Bank. He is SBI Holdings shareholder's representative, in 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 strengthening 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 the Bank in building and implementing its corporate strategy.

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

OKNHA SOPHEAP LY

Member of Board of Directors and Shareholder Representative

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. MAKOTO MIYAZAKI

Member of Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director

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

Member of Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director

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).

NEAK OKNHA LY SOPHEARK

Member of Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director

Born in 1978 in Kompong Cham province and appointed as Executive Director on January 2023,
he is a dynamic and charismatic Cambodian businessman with more than 10 years of experiences in business management in Cambodia.
He has been expanding his business through various kinds of investments in many different sectors significantly in the construction as well as financial sectors.
He has currently held key positions in the member companies of Ly Hour Group such as a Vice President and the Chairman of Ly Hour Leasing Plc.
He has been devoting substantial efforts in strengthening private sectors by enabling steady and sustainable
growth of local investments in Kingdom of Cambodia.

MR. VARABOTT HO

Member of Board of Directors
Independent Director

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.

MR. RAVY KHEK

Member of Board of Directors
Independent Director

Mr. Ravy Khek is an Independent Director on the board of SBI LY HOUR Bank Plc.

He chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is also a member of the Audit and of the Risk and Oversight Committees.

At the present time, he is a counsel at LBL International Construction and is the Chairman of RGL Equity (Siem Reap) 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.

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.

His diverse professional background and experience in both government and private sectors make him a valuable addition to the board of SBI LY HOUR Bank Plc.

MS. WAN CHI NG

Member of Board of Directors
Independent Director

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.