CAIF’s Annual General Meeting & the Board of Directors’ Election

June 4, 2024,  Phnom Penh

During its annual general meeting which was held on 3^rd June 2024, the new board of directors were elected to serve the association for two-year term which start from June 2024 until May 2026.

Oknha Ngov Leang Hout, chairman of HGB Group, was elected as Chairman. Ryoji Fujita and Brian (Suck Kyu) Ko, President of Toyota (Cambodia) and CEO of Hyundai Camko Motor, were both elected as Vice-Chairman. Oum Kim and Hy Ramy, Sales Director of TF Motors and vice-president of HGB Group, were elected as the Secretariate and Treasurer respectively.

The meeting also welcomes the new members on board such as BYD, GWM, Hyundai and the return of Mitsubishi after few years away from association. Each of new members understand very well the importance to be part of the association in order to build a strong unity and to raise up as one voice to the government and relevant stakeholders to ensure that our voice is being heard and the concerns within the industry has been brought for consideration.

Aside from that, other critical issues were raised up for the discussion from all participants such as the exclusive right issue and the import of latest-model vehicles by the parallel importers; the readiness to implement the Euro 5 emission standard by 2027, proposal to government set up technical regulations to ensure all imported vehicles are safe to drive, the EV policy and promoting the clean energy vehicle to comply with CN target by 2050 and other activities such as CSR, etc. have been brought up for discussion.