Serey Chea（谢丝蕾）

Early life and education

Born on January 1, 1981, in Phnom Penh, her father is Xie Chandu and her mother is Khieu Sina. She attended Bak Touk Primary School in Phnom Penh. In 1989, at the age of eight, her family sent her to study in France. After graduating from junior high school, she went to a high school in Singapore.

After graduating from high school in 1999, she continued her studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance.

In 1999,Serey Chea began working at the National Bank of Cambodia. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2002, she worked in the Banking Supervision Department of the National Bank of Cambodia. She was subsequently promoted to Deputy Director of Technology and eventually rose through the ranks to become Director of Technology and Assistant Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia.

In 2010, she obtained a Master's degree in Banking from the University of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK, and in 2019, she obtained a Master's degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Policy Studies.

In 2021, Serey Chea received a PhD in Economics from the University of Adelaide, Australia. She also received a short-term degree in Financial Development from the Kennedy School of Management at Harvard University in the United States in 2006 and a Certificate in Business Studies from the University of Sydney, Australia in 2007.

In addition, Serey Chea holds many other important positions and posts, including: Member of the High-Level Commission on Gender and Women's Inclusion (2016-2018), Member of the Board of Directors of the Khmer Foundation (2017-2021), Member of the World Bank Women's Advisory Board (2018-2021), Founder of the Rasme Komal Foundation, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Cambodian Economic Association, Member of the World Young Leaders Forum and Member of the Global Council of the Global Fintech Institute.

Major Contributions