Recently, from our Chairman and CEO, Warrick Cleine’s announcement that you are the first Cambodian Senior Partner of KPMG in Cambodia. From being a very first Partner to the first Senior Partner of KPMG in Cambodia, would you like to share with us your feeling with this new milestone?
I am very excited to hear the news, this is clearly a new milestone for me. It is my great honor to be entrusted by our leadership team and I think this appointment serves as another evidence to demonstrate KPMG commitment to our clients, our market, the regulators and especially our employees.
Over 20 years with the firm, please kindly share your memorable experience in here and what’s your motivation?
There are plenty of memorable experiences over the years, among those include the working experiences during my one-year secondment to KPMG Malaysia, where I got a chance to work in different environment, joining as Governing Council member of the National Accounting Council (“NAC”), now known as Accounting and Auditing Regulator (“ACAR”) and Kampuchea Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Auditors (“KICPAA”) with which I had opportunities to share and contribute my knowledge and working together with various other professionals within the industry and the regulators to set up related regulatory frameworks in order to support and develop accounting and auditing profession in Cambodia. Another memorable experience was when I was admitted as the first Cambodian Partner back in 2011 when our accounting and auditing profession in Cambodia was still at the early stage of its development. All these experiences are motivated by the fact that I am not only have opportunities to growth myself personally and professionally, but also opportunities to contribute to the development of this profession in Cambodia, in general and to growth our KPMG Cambodia’s audit practice, in particular.
What are your ambitions as a very first Cambodian Senior Partner of KPMG Cambodia?
As a very first Cambodian Senior Partner, I owe my duty and responsibility to maintain KPMG Cambodia’s position as the leading professional firm in Cambodia; growth next generation leader and to leave KPMG a better place than when I joined and of course continue my participation in developing and strengthening the profession in Cambodia.
Could you share some tips for young generation at KPMG to be successful in their future career?
I think to be successful in what we do, require a lot of determination and hard works. There is no short-cut way. We need to make sure that we build and sustain a solid foundation working around our core value. Based on my own experiences, I think it is crucial to have a growth mindset, always find ways to add more value to other, make effort to deliver quality in everything we do and act with integrity. Last but not least, be mindful of our physical and mental health.
How to keep your “work life balance”?
As we are living in a busy world now, there are many disruptions with numerous tasks on hand to be completed. In my roles, frequently I need to be multi-tasking and I think proper project management with accountability and ownership of tasks would help to manage the execution to attain the best possible results. It is equally important to add to your weekly calendar specific non-work related agendas for yourself and stick to it. My routine activities are exercises (mostly running and badminton) after office hour and during the weekend and spending time with family, relative and friends. And lastly don’t forget to celebrate success, even small one.