Eximbank Changes Chairman Post-AGM, Nguyen Ho Nam Becomes Advisory Board Member

The Board of Directors (BOD) of Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) has recently announced a change in its senior personnel.

Accordingly, the BOD of Eximbank has relieved Ms. Do Ha Phuong from her position as Chairwoman of the BOD at her request, effective April 26, 2024. At the same time, Eximbank has appointed Mr. Nguyen Canh Anh as Chairman of the BOD for the seventh term (2020-2025), effective April 26, 2024. Previously, Mr. Nguyen Canh Anh held the position of member of the BOD of Eximbank.

Eximbank’s new Chairman was born in 1979 and holds a Master’s degree in International Financial Management from France. With nearly 20 years of experience in fields such as auditing, accounting, investment, and financial management, Mr. Nguyen Canh Anh has held many important positions in large-scale enterprises such as the Military Telecommunications Industry Group and Vingroup Group. Mr. Nguyen Canh Anh was elected as a member of the BOD for the seventh term (2020-2025) at the bank’s annual general meeting of shareholders in September 2023.

The handover of the position of Chairman of the BOD from Ms. Do Ha Phuong to Mr. Nguyen Canh Anh has received high consensus from the BOD of the bank, in the context that Eximbank has begun to stabilize and enter a new development stage with many important strategic goals set by the bank.

Ms. Do Ha Phuong joined Eximbank as a member of the BOD in February 2022. She was elected as Chairwoman by the BOD in June 2023. During her tenure, she has made practical and timely contributions to the stability and development of the bank. After stepping down as Chairwoman, Ms. Do Ha Phuong will assume the position of Vice Chairwoman of Eximbank’s BOD.

Eximbank’s General Meeting of Shareholders on the morning of April 26 also voted in favor of electing Mr. Nguyen Ho Nam as a member of the bank’s BOD for the term 2020 – 2025. Mr. Nguyen Ho Nam was also assigned the additional responsibility of BOD advisor.

Mr. Nguyen Ho Nam is known as the Chairman of Bamboo Capital Group and is a businessman with more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector, having held management positions in many enterprises in the securities, financial, and multi-industry sectors.

In addition, Ms. Do Ha Phuong and Ms. Luong Thi Cam Tu were also appointed as Vice Chairwomen of Eximbank’s BOD.

Thus, after the resolutions of Eximbank’s BOD were announced, the bank will have Mr. Nguyen Canh Anh as Chairman and 4 Vice Chairmen: Mr. Tran Tan Loc, Ms. Do Ha Phuong, Ms. Luong Thi Cam Tu, and Mr. Nguyen Ho Nam as well as a BOD member (Mr. Pham Quang Dung) and an independent BOD member (Mr. Tran Anh Thang).