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Resident Representative for Cambodia
Jochen Schmittmann
Regional Resident Representative for the IMF Resident Offices in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR
Office Information
Exchange Square, 13th floor, Unit 1301
Building No. 19 & 20, Street 106,
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Phone: 855 23 268 602 and 268 603
Fax: 855 23 268 601
Email: APDKHMRR@imf.org
At a Glance : Cambodia's Relations with the IMF
- Current IMF membership: 191 countries
- Cambodia joined the Fund in December 31, 1969; Article VIII
- Quota: SDR 87.50 million
- The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was concluded on November19, 2021
Office leadership and staff profiles
- Jochen M. Schmittmann, Regional Resident Representative for the IMF Resident Offices in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR
- Prior roles: Deputy Head of the IMF’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo; Desk Economist on the Japan team; Mission Chief for the Federated States of Micronesia.
- Previous IMF postings: Resident Representative in Singapore (covering Singapore, Malaysia, and Asian financial markets); assignments in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific, Western Hemisphere, Finance, and Monetary and Capital Markets departments.
- Other work: part of the team managing the IMF’s investments.
- Research interests/publications: behavioral finance, climate finance, currency hedging, labor markets, and the economic impact of demographic change in Asia.
- Education: Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt.
- PROEUNG Varith, Economist
- Joined the Resident Representative Office in Cambodia in August 2023 as Secondee.
- Previous work: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy Department — focused on real sector, monitoring garment, transportation and communication, and real estate sector; non-bank financial sector – pawnshop.
- Additional roles: involved in forecasting and monitoring; research team at the Supreme National Economic Council on digital and society economy, garment, and transportation.
- Education: bachelor’s degree in economics and management from Université Lumière Lyon 2, France.
- Chheang Sophearom, Economist
- Joined the Resident Representative Office in Cambodia in December 2024 as a Secondee.
- Previous work: National Bank of Cambodia, Monetary Policy and Research Department — focused on liquidity monitoring, analysis and reporting.
- Prior experience: mobile developer and project management at a technology company.
- Education: master’s degree in Economics and Management from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic; Master of Computer Science from Delhi Technological University, India; bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Leng Chan Leapho, Office Manager
- Joined the IMF Phnom Penh Office in January 2003.
- Responsibilities: administers the office, handles operations and the budget.
- Prior roles:
- personal assistant to the Australian Ambassador with the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh (December, 1994 to January, 2003) — nine years;
- Human Rights Assistant with the United Nations Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia (October, 1993 to December, 1994) — 15 months;
- Office Assistant/Interpreter with UNTAC based in Kompong Speu Province (August, 1992 to October 1993) — 15 months;
- Dental Assistant and Head of Dental Assistants (Dental Clinic) with International Organizations (CRS – Catholic Relief Services and COERR - Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees) at the Refugee Camps located at the Cambodian-Thai Border (January 1983 to July 1992) — nine years.
- Education: Bachelor of Laws from the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh.
- Languages: good working knowledge of Thai.
- Pich Chenda, Secretary
- Joined the IMF Phnom Penh Office in March 2001.
- Responsibilities: data collection, daily update, mission schedule; assists in administering IMF training programs for the office.
- Education: Associate of Education from International Institute of Cambodia.
- Prior roles:
- teacher volunteer (January 1995 to January 1996);
- Secretary at the Strategic Planning Division of the Council for the Development of Cambodia under the United States Agency for Development program in Cambodia (February 1996 to September 1997);
- Administrative Assistant with the MRC/Danida Inventory and Management of Cambodian Wetlands Project (October 1997 to February 2001).
- Chhan Kong Yong, Office Driver
- Worked for IMF Phnom Penh Office since March 2012.
- Prior experience: Cashier from 1994 – 2000; private IMF driver to the IMF Advisor to the Ministry of Planning (National Institute of Statistics) from 2001 to 2008.
- Malai Khem Sokunthi, Office Aide/Cleaner
- Worked for the IMF Phnom Penh Office since June 1994, except during the office closure from October 1997 – November 1999.
- Note: "She makes absolutely the best cup of tea/coffee in Phnom Penh. You are invited to come by!!!"
Activities, analysis, and recent commentary
- April 16, 2026 statement by the IMF:
- "Asia’s economic resilience is being put to the test by the war in the Middle East and ensuing energy shock. Higher fuel prices are raising inflation and squeezing budgets, exposing the region’s reliance on imported energy and the need to protect people and speed up reforms."
- Action prompt: "Read the Report" (reference to IMF analysis).
Conferences and regional engagement
- IMF and JICA conference on Frontier Asia
- Event: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a conference on January 28, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss how Frontier Asia can move up the development ladder while ensuring that growth and jobs creation benefits all segments of society.
- Speakers and participants: IMF Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara; ministers, central bank governors and senior officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The Kyrgyz Republic also participated. Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul offered opening remarks.
- Materials: "Conference website: www.imf.org/frontierasia (includes papers presented)."