H.E. SHINOHARA Katsuhiro, a Japanese diplomat who first arrived in Cambodia in 1967. He spent his first two years as a monk at Wat Ounalom Pagoda in Phnom Penh to learn Khmer language and culture. He was then assigned as secretary at the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia. He later solidified his relationship with Cambodia by serving as Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia from 2007 to 2009 after returning to Cambodia for two additional three-year postings as Senior Consular Official at the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia (from 1991-1994 and from 2001-2004). He served as Independent Director and Committee Member for Sathapana Bank.

H.E. Sarakmony BUON is the secretary of State of Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia, with rich experience covering designing projects for corporate mergers and joint ventures as well as providing advice on various global company acquisition. He worked for one of the largest telecom firms in Cambodia before joining SETHAVITOU Notary Public, where he was responsible for formulating and analysing numerous agreements from a corporate perspective. Prior to joining SCP Pascal Chassaing in the 7e Arrondissement of Paris, he worked at the Paris office of the global law firm Freshfields Brukhaus Diringer for six months as trainee notary. Mony was admitted to the Ph.D. candidate at the Doctoral School of Law in Lyon, France and, because of his research passion, a member of CERCRID (Centre de Recherches Critiques sur le Droit).