The Company's Background

The company, InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd., (meaning Credit, Population, and Prosperity in Khmer) was founded by two private Cambodian individuals, Mr.OknhaPhouPuy and Ms.HaoSimorn, in 2003. It was founded as a credit unit of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations, to alleviate the capital constraint of rice mill entrepreneurs who lacked access to credit to expand their production.

In January 2005, the Unit registered with the National Bank of Cambodia as a rural credit operator. In July in the same year, the Unit transformed into a private limited liability company and officially registered with the Ministry of Commerce under the name "InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd", IPR, with a registration number Co. 7896/05 P. The Company furthermore received a microfinance institution license, MF 014, from the National Bank of Cambodia in August 2005. As the funding situation of rice mills had gradually improved over time, IPR turned its focus to small farmers after its registration and MFI license. On June 24th2008, IPR's MFI license was renewed by the NBC as a permanent one. On April 03rd2009, IPR re-registered following a capital injection from its existing shareholders. A new permanent MFI license that took the capital increase into account was granted by the NBC on June 19th2009.

In 2010, the Company's ownership underwent a significant change. Ms.HaoSimorn transferred the entirety of her shares in IPR with full rights to Mr.OknhaPhouPuy in July 2010. On December 31st 2010, Leopard Cambodia Fund, Cambodia's first private equity fund operated by the international financial group Leopard Capital L.P., took a minority stake in IPR through the Hong Kong based company IPR (HK) Limited.

IPR is today a member of the Cambodian Microfinance Association.

Vision

"To be the leading Cambodian MFI serving the agricultural sector."

Mission

"To provide convenient financial services adapted to farmer-specific needs in order to improve their living conditions while sustaining the institution's profitable growth."

InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd. (IPR) strives to serve the farming community, which is its traditional client base.With its services, IPR wants to improve the life of its clients and at the same time generate profits for its own growth.

Shareholders
The total registered capital of the Companyis represented by twenty five thousand nine hundred and fifty five (25,955) shares. It is distributed among two shareholders, Mr. OknhaPhouPuy, who holds 17,220 shares, equivalent to 66.35% of IPR's total registered capital, and IPR (HK) Limited, which holds 8,735 shares, equal to 33.65% of IPR's capital.

Shareholders Percentage of Shareholding
Mr. Okhna Phou Puy 66.35%
IPR (HK) Limited. 33.65%

Mr. OknhaPhouPuyis a private Cambodian individual shareholder and the founder of InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd. He is generally considered as one of Cambodia's leading rural entrepreneurs. He owns a limited sole proprietorship company named "PhouPuy Investment Co., Ltd" which is active in consumer goods distribution and real estate development in the Northwest of Cambodia. He is also a main shareholder of another private limited liability company named "Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc" which is in the rice milling and trading business.

IPR (HK) Limited is a Hong Kong company owned by Leopard Cambodia Fund,Cambodia's first private equity fund and launched in April 2008. IPR (HK) is duly represented by Mr. Scott Lewis.

 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MR. OKHNA PHOU PUY,
Director, Chairman of the Board

Oknha Phou Puy isthe Chairman of the Board of Directors of IPR from the initial stage of inceptionin 2005. He is the founder of the Company.

Oknha Phou Puyis a successful entrepreneur starting from a rural rice miller during 1990 in BanteayMeanchey province to a reputed businessman and a well-known person in agriculture sector and rice milling industry. He diversified his business through foundinga limited sole proprietorship company, PhouPuy Investment, in 2007 and a private limited liability company, Baitang (Kampuchea) Plc, in 2008 through partnership with other owners. With his prestige in businesses, he was elected and has been serving in the position of President of Chamber of Commerce of Bat Dambang province.

MR. SCOTT LEWIS, Director, Member of the Board, Representative of IPR (HK) Limited

Mr. Scott Lewis is currently a Director of the Board of Directors of IPR. His directorship ison behalf of IPR (HK) shareholder representative.

Scott is Managing Partner at Leopard Capital.He has 16 years' experience in investment banking and private equity. He was a Director of Merrill Lynch's Global Energy & Power investment banking group in London, Houston and Calgary. Earlier he was a member of the investment teams of First Reserve Corp, an energy-focused private equity group and Sterling Group, a private equity firm investing in the US petrochemical, agribusiness and manufacturing sectors. Scott received a MPA and a BBA (Accounting) with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

MR. HORT BUN SONG, Director, Member of the Board & General Manager

Mr.Hort Bun Song servesas General Manager of IPR from the inception. He joined the Company since the foundation stage helping in building the initial infrastructure prior to registration of the organizationas a private limited liability company in 2005. He was invited for directorship of the Company from the start.

His prior experiences include general management, public relation, and education. Prior to joining IPR, Bun Song was the Coordinator of the national rice mill network, Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations. Bun Song was as an instructor of a university during 2000. Prior to this job, from 1998, he had worked in publicsector.

Bun Song earned MBA and BBA in management. He also attained Senior Financial Management from Mekong Institute, Thailand, and Economic Development Policy from Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea.

MR. CHAN SOPHAL, Director, Independent Member of the Board

Mr. Chan Sophal is currently an Independent Director of the Board of Directors of IPR.

He is currently serving as Advisor at the Leopard Cambodia Fund, the first multi-sector private equity fund in Cambodia. He joined the fund in January 2009. He is also President of the Cambodian Economic Association (CEA), which he took part in founding in 2002.

He taught at government-owned Prek Leap Agricultural College for four years from 1992 to 1995. After that he worked for 12 years at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), Cambodia's leading independent development policy research institute, conducting and publishing a considerable amount of research in the field of socio-economic development, covering poverty, food security, rural livelihood, agricultural production and trade, labor migration, and land issues. He had one-year employment with the World Food Program as a Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer in 2004/05, and two years at the World Bank as Poverty Specialist in the Cambodia Country Office in 2005-2006.

Mr. Chan Sophal received MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of London, Imperial College at Wye, United Kingdom, in 2000.

MR. NARATH VEASNA, Director, Member of the Board

Born in PreahVihear province, Cambodia, Mr.NarathVeasna is currently a Director of the Board of Directors of "InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd".

Veasna is currently a Senior Consultant at Emerging Markets Consulting (EMC). He joined the firm in April 2010. His prior professional and business experiences include business general management, project management, human resources management, advisory services, strategies development, and education. Prior to joining EMC, Veasna was the Chief Operating Officer of First Groups Holding from 2008 to 2010.He was the second in charge in the company, reporting directly to the owner/President and CEO. From 2004 to 2007, Veasna was with the British American Tobacco (BAT).

He holds a Professional Certificate of Asia Personnel Management in 2003, majoring in Human Capital Management, a Bachelor of Education in 2002, and achieved the University Diploma of Technology in 1998, majoring in Civil Engineering

MR. MAO SAVIN, Director, Member of the Board

Born in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, Mr. Mao Savin is currently a Director of the Board of Directors of "InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd".

He currently serves as a consultant within EMC Cambodia's business consulting and private sector development advisory firm; Savin plays a key analytical and work-stream management role in EMC Cambodia's projects. He has extensive project experience on EMC Cambodia's work in the agriculture and agri-business sectors, as well as in the financial sector.
Prior to joining EMC, Savin had worked for British American Tobacco for about 4 years, where he rose vertically in Finance Function from Assistant Management Accounting Manager, Budget Controller, and his last position was the Manager responsible for Risk Management, Treasury and Taxation, overseeing risk management, internal controls, treasury operations, and tax planning and compliance.

Mr.Savin holds a BBA (Accounting) from Maharishi Vedic University in Cambodia. He is currently undertaking a Masters of Business (Finance) at Charles Sturt University (Australia) and the Economic and Finance Institute of Cambodia's Ministry of Economy and Finance.He is a former Professional Level ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)qualification student.

MR SIM HOY CHHONG, Director, Member of the Board

Mr.Sim Hoy Chhoung is currently a Director of the Board of Directors of IPR.

Hoy Chhoung spent 3 years as deputy chief accountant at Canadia Bank in Cambodia. Previously he taught business for 5 years in universities such as National University of Management and Pannasastra University of Cambodia. Mr.Chhoung earned a MBA from Brandeis Universityunder a Fulbright Scholarship, and won the South East Asia Supplemental Grant Award for Outstanding Fulbright Grantees. He has a Master of Economics, Royal Academy of Cambodia, and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Management

MR. HORT BUN SONG, Chief Executive Officer

Mr.Hort Bun Song servesas General Manager of IPR from the inception. He joined the Company since the foundation stage helping in building the initial infrastructure prior to registration of the organizationas a private limited liability company in 2005. He was invited for directorship of the Company from the start.

His prior experiences include general management, public relation, and education. Prior to joining IPR, Bun Song was the Coordinator of the national rice mill network, Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations. Bun Song was as an instructor of a university during 2000. Prior to this job, from 1998, he had worked in publicsector.

Bun Song earned MBA and BBA in management. He also attained Senior Financial Management from Mekong Institute, Thailand, and Economic Development Policy from Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea.

MR. HAY KIMKHORN, Chief Finance Officer

Born in 1981 in BatDambangProvince, Mr. Hay Kimkhorn obtained Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, major in Accounting, from the University of Management and Economics in 2004.He obtained a Masters Degree in Business Management in 2008 from the same university.

He started his employment with InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd in January 2006 in the position of Branch Assistant. In September of the same year, he was promoted to become Operation Manager.He served for a short period as temporary Branch Manager in 2008at a newly established branch in Bat Dambang Province. He has been serving as Finance Manager since January 2009.

Before moving to InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd, he used to work for another micro-finance institution from 2004 to 2006 in the position of bookkeeper.

Mr. Hsu Ming-Yee, Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Adviser

Mr. Hsu Ming-Yee joined IPR as Adviser in March 2011. He became Acting COO and Adviser in February 2012.

A Luxembourg and Taiwan R.O.C. citizen, Mr. Hsu Ming-Yee graduated in economics from the University of Trier in Germany in the year 2000. From 2001 to 2004, he worked in the Financial Stability section of the Central Bank of Luxembourg. In 2005 and 2006, he worked at the European Commission, mainly as its Economic and Trade officer in Malaysia. From 2007 to February 2011, he worked at ADA, a Luxembourg NGO specialised in microfinance. He coordinated there the set-up of the Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund and managed its investment portfolio in Asia and East Africa. Over the course of his professional career, he has published works on banking stability, the US personal savings rate and microfinance funding.

MR SAM SODANEL, Internal Audit Manager

Born in Phnom Penh, Mr. Sam Sodanel joined InteanPoalroathRongroeurng Ltd in 2003 at its inception as a Credit Officer.Hewas promoted to become MIS officer in 2005, then the head of internal audit unit in early 2008. Prior to joining IPR, he started his employment as IT officer with an NGO in 2002. He obtained a Bachelor Degree in Information Technology from the Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2002 and a Masters Degree in Auditing from Vanda Institute of Accounting in 2007. He has also obtained several certificates in relation to audit and microfinance.

Mr. LUN CHANTHENG Human Resource Manager

Mr. LunChantheng joint IPR as Human Resource Manager in April 2011, where his responsibilities focus on HR strategic management, compensation and benefits, recruitment, staff capacity building, and employee relations.

His career started with AMRET as General Trainer between 2001 and 2003, with World Vision Cambodia as HR Coordinator and Training Coordinator between 2003 and 2008, and with CARE International Cambodia as Senior HR & Development Officer between 2008 and 2011.

Chantheng holds Bachelor Degree of Economics from Royal University of Law and Economics, and Master of Business Administration in General Management from Paññasastra University of Cambodia. He has attended Human Resource Management organized by WV Regional Office in Bangkok, Human Resource Management with CARE USA, and various short courses with Harvard University, USA.

 

IPR's Staff

At the end of 2010, IPR employed seventy five of staff members categorized as the Management Team which leads the company and team of Operations, and Support Staff.Most of management staff and operational staff are well supported to develop their managerial and leadership skills to reach the organizational objective.

Staff Evolution 2006 - 2010

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Recruitment 16 7 30 16 27
TOTAL 29 29 51 61 75

The management team consists of the General Manager, Human Resources Manager, Operation Manager, Finance Manager, and Internal Audit Manager. The Operations Staff includes Branch Manager, Credit Officer Supervisors, Admin & Accounting Assistant and Credit Officers. They are assisted by a team of Support Staff including Chief of sections, Officers and workers. Women staff was participated 18 % to total staff.

Staff Distribution by Education and Gender

(As of December 2010)