Mr. Vara Kong

 

Mr. Vara Kong

Mr. Vara  Kong is an Independent Director of the Board of Trustees of MJQ Education. He was appointed to our Board of Trustees on 16 January 2023.

Mr. Vara Kong  has been the Chief Operating Officer of Maritime Development Group since November 2018. He was also the Chief Operation Officer of Star Fortune Co., Ltd. from November 2017 to October 2018. Prior to his role as the Chief Operation Officer, Mr. Vara Kong  was the Chief Planning Officer of MJQ Education in May 2017, then promoted to Chief Human Resources and Operations Officer in July 2017. With his position as the Chief Planning Officer, he played a major role in providing strategic planning advice to all departments by developing “Good Corporate Governance” and the “Table of Commitment Authority”. Furthermore, with his position as the Chief Human Resources and Operations Officer, he played a major role in developing “Group’s Policies”, “Employee Handbook” and “HR Policies & Procedures”. With broad knowledge gained from his overseas exposures in Turin, Italy and Hawaii, USA, he has sometimes been invited to be the trainer and/or guest speaker for training/seminar conducted locally and overseas.

He got his Baccalaureate of Second Cycle in Experimental Sciences in 1974, and Diploma of Law in 1990.

  • 1990 – Diploma in Cambodia School of Law, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 2003 – Training of International Labor Standard, Productivity Improvement and Enterprise Development, Turin, ITALY
  • 2006 – Advanced Leadership Training, Maui, Hawaii, USA
  • 2008 – International Human Resources Management Training “How to Attract New Staff and Retain Existing Staff, Phnom Penh, Cambodia