Ms. Phurik Ratana, Director

Board Committees: Audit (Chair)

Cambodian (and French). Born in 1972, Ms. Ratana Phurik-Callebaut joined the Board in November 2021 and is also the chairwoman of the Board of ACLEDA University of Business since November 2022. She is a CFA Charterholder. She also obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma (DEA) and was a PHD candidate in Industrial Economics, a Master of Science in Foreign Trade and a Master in Economics and Finance at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Ratana has 25 years' experience in international trade, investment, private sector development, and finance. She has a strong background as a consultant/economist combined with experience in high-level management positions. She is currently a Private Sector and Investment senior consultant for various international organizations and is on the advisory board of Khmer Enterprise, Impact Hub and SmallWorld. She was an Independent Director for a commercial bank in Cambodia from 2014 to 2021. She terminated her position as Independent Director of I-Finance Leasing (as it was sold to Kookmin at the end of 2022) and she started her position as a chairwoman of the board of AIB. In addition, she is the founder and chairperson of the Cambodia Community of Investment Professionals (CFA Community in Cambodia) to build local skills in finance while promoting Cambodia as an investment destination. Her previous positions in Cambodia include being the Executive Director of EuroCham Cambodia from 2014 to 2018, business consultant of DFDL, partner at the private equity firm Cambodia Emerald in 2008 and director of the CCFC (French Cambodian Chamber of Commerce). She worked also in Switzerland as portfolio manager for a Private Bank and as economist at UNCTAD.