Welcome to Bridge Bank

Prior to joining Bridge Bank, Mr. Richard Liew served in various senior management positions with regional and international banks across Southeast Asian countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Singapore, with short stints in Vietnam and Myanmar.

Mr. Richard Liew has over 31 years of banking experience covering all aspects of corporate, commercial and consumer banking. He started his banking career as a marketing executive and over the years has progressed towards different roles covering business development, branches operations, sales & marketing of financial services and products, retail banking, wealth management, syndications, corporate finance, and global financial banking.

He holds a bachelor's of science in Marketing from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, U.S.A.

Mr. Buntha has more than 18 years of banking experiences with several local and regional commercial banks in Cambodia and has since gained expertise in the areas of sales, credit, and operations.

Mr. Buntha joined Bridge Bank as Chief Business Officer in 2022. Prior to his current position, he was a Chief Operating Officer (COO) at a prominent commercial bank in Cambodia.

Mr. Buntha also held various positions at a well-known international bank as Head of Preferred Banking, Head of Sales & Distribution, and Branch Manager from April 2010 to April 2016. In 2013, he was a Finalist for Emerald Award as Best Middle Manager, aside from successfully completing the bank’s program for middle manager, namely, Accelerated Universal Banker (AUB) conducted at the Nanyang Business School of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Mr. Buntha started his early banking career in 2004 as a Senior Officer and working in various fields at a Cambodian owned bank, and in 2009 he was appointed as a Branch Manager at one of the top performing banks in the country.

Mr. Buntha has an MBA from Norton University, where he also received his bachelor’s degree in Economics, major in Banking and Finance in 2002.

G Mohan Raj was appointed as Chief Operations Officer in July 2022. Prior to his current role, Mohan Raj was a Head of Operations and Operations Governance with a leading Cambodian Bank.

He has more than 40 years of banking experience having worked with a leading Regional Bank in Malaysia with his last position as First Vice President. His experience cuts across Branch Operations and Support, Centralized Back Office Processing Operations, Credit and Operations Risk Monitoring, Policy and Procedure Governance, Process Development, Project Management and a diverse Group Internal Audit function. He has served various working committees during the tenor which included representation in the Fraud Risk Committee of Association Of Banks Malaysia (ABM), Compliance Committee, Trade Service Network and Delivery Committee, Credit Administration Committee, Operations Committee, BCM Steering Committee, Merger Integration Committee, and in Cambodia in the Board Risk Committee and Management Committee. His banking career also includes secondment to Mauritius, Cambodia, Vietnam, and strategic assignments in Japan and Hong Kong. He also served as Associate Head of Group Internal Audit Support in another Malaysian bank for a year.

Besides this, he had the privilege of serving the Prime Minister s Department of Malaysia, as the Project Coordinator for a dedicated community-based program.

Mohan Raj holds a bachelor’s degree of Science and MBA and is also a Chartered Member of The Institute of Internal Auditors, Malaysia. He also holds a Certificate in Internal Auditing for Financial Institutions from The Institute of Banks, Malaysia, Certificate in Operational Risk Management from Institute of Banks/Kesdee Inc, USA and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Strategic Leadership from Metropolitan School of Business and Management, UK.

Mr. Deno has over 20 years of experiences in all areas of Banking including Credit, Operations, Compliance and Accounting.

Mr. Deno is appointed as Chief Credit Officer of Bridge Bank in June 2022, managing credit operations of the bank. Mr. Deno joined the bank in 2014 as Operations Manager and has been appointed as General Manager of Bridge Specialized Bank since 2018 to oversee the daily operations of business segments, sales & marketing, and strategic development.

Mr. Deno holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from National Institute of Management of Cambodia.

Mr. Sopheak has more than 15 years of banking experience with local and regional commercial banks in Cambodia and Laos, and has since gained expertise in finance, treasury, and operations.

Mr. Sopheak was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Bridge Bank in mid-2022. Prior to his current position, he was a Chief Operations Officer of a new startup delivery company, and Chief Financial Officer at a first leading fintech company in Cambodia. Mr. Sopheak had several years of experience across well-known local and international banks and fintech companies.

Mr. Sopheak holds bachelor’s degree in Accounting from National University of Management (NUM). He also received a scholarship from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia to continue his professional accounting and finance education for Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) at CamEd Institute.

Sopheak is a business-oriented human resources leader with over 20 years' experience in the banking, law firm, global accounting firm, public and private organizations.

She has years of experience managing HR for both large corporations and high-growth start-ups. As a business partner, she motivates and advises executives, fostering organizational development and building high-performance culture.

She is a strategic thinker and thought leader. Sopheak obtained both a teaching degree from Phnom Penh Pedagogy Center and a bachelor's degree in tourism management from the National University of Management

Mr. Phan Vandeth joined Bridge Bank as Chief Retail Officer in June 2023. Prior to joining the bank, He held the position of vice president and was charged with creating and carrying out technical and strategic operations policies.

Mr. Vandeth has over 15 years of aggressive, goal-driven, individual professional experience in banking, having worked in various international and regional banks. Vandeth is well-versed in retail business banking. Between 2007 and 2022, he had been working in a various position, ranging from branch manager to vice president, where he was responsible for supporting the consumer banking strategy and driving the company's next stage of growth as the bank carried out its strategy to become the top bank in Cambodia.

Mr. Vandeth received his education in Taiwan and Cambodia. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Business Administration from Taiwan's Southern Taiwan University.