Margarete O. Biallas
Program Manager - Access to Finance (ATF)
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam
Margarete is responsible for IFC's financial market projects in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. Before joining IFC in June 2006, Margarete worked with KfW, where she was responsible for financial market investments in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. She also headed KfW's investments in global microfinance funds and worked in risk management on developing a limit management system for KfW's financial market exposure. Prior to joining KfW, Margarete worked with a consulting company on privatization and SME development. Margarete holds a BA (Economics & International Politics) from University of Cape Town and a Master of Economics from Hochschule fuer Wirtschaft und Politik in Hamburg, Germany. Margarete is a German national.
HANOI OFFICE
Ngovandan HUNG
Project Manager, Financial Infrastructure - ATF
Hung joined IFC in November 2007. Before coming back to Vietnam, Hung worked in Bangkok as an independent consultant for several companies in technology and business process re-engineering projects. Hung has several years of experience with Dun & Bradstreet International Limited where he was responsible for credit bureau development, risk management and credit scoring development for Asia Pacific, Latin America and Canada. Hung hold a BA in finance from Universite de Quebec a Montreal. He is a Canadian national.
Dam Trung KIEN
Project Officer - ATF
Kien joined IFC in December 2007, where he is responsible for Vietnam’s Bank Advisory Projects. Previously, he worked for 7 years for Deloitte Vietnam as an audit and financial advisory services manager in Vietnam. He also spent 2 years with Deloitte & Touch in USA. Kien is a graduate of the National Economics University and holds both US and Vietnam CPA. He is a Vietnamese national.
Nguyen Thi MY
Program Assistant - ATF
Ny joined IFC in January 2004 after several years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, AISC. My graduated from National University and is obtaining a second BA in Accounting from the National Economics University. My is a Vietnamese national.
Pham Thi Thanh HUYEN
Program Assistant - ATF
Huyen joined IFC in December 2005. Huyen provides assistance to the BEE Program Manager and to BEE project implementation in all countries, and to the ATF program in Vietnam. Huyen has nearly eight years of working experience for UNDP and DANIDA on projects focused on capacity building in the legal field. She holds an LLM from the Ho Chi Minh Law University and BA in Public Administration from the National Academy for Public Administration. Huyen is a Vietnamese national.
PHNOMPENH OFFICE
HOURN Thy
Project Manager, ATF
Prior to joining IFC in January 2002, Hourn had four years of community development experience, and six months of experience working in marketing in Paris. For IFC, from January 2002 until mid 2005, Hourn primarily focused on business associations, BE/Flexible Learning, and Business Edge TV. Hourn holds an MBA in International Business Management from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand and a Specialized Master's in Entrepreneurship from Ecole Supérieur de Commerce de Paris in France. Hourn is a Cambodian National.
SEREIVATHANA Pak
Project Officer - ATF
Vathana joined IFC in November 1999, bringing five years of professional experience at British American Tobacco, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia, and Cambodia Commercial Bank. He obtained a Master's degree in Financial Management from Central Queensland University in Australia and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the National Institute of Management in Phnom Penh. Vathana is a Cambodian national.
SAKARA Sour Noeu
Team Assistant - SCL
Sakara joined IFC in October 2006. Prior to joining the Facility, she worked for two years with an agribusiness firm and for another year with a construction company as a document controller and purchasing agent. Sakara earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management at Cambodia’s National University of Management. Sakara is a Cambodian National.
VIENTIANE OFFICE
SAKHONE Phomsouvanh
Program Assistant - ATF
Sakhone joined IFC in May 2000 after five years of work at the Obayashi Corporation. She is a graduate of the Accounting College in Vientiane and a Lao national.
