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The American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia’s (AmCham) hosted a panel discussion to highlight the benefits of female leadership and how to encourage more young women to take leadership opportunities in Cambodia’s business community.
The four panelists were Sophia Altamirano from Raffles Cambodia, Priti Rahul Jitani from VE Healthcare Group, Kathryn O’Connell and moderator Kim Tol Tan. The event topic is “AmCham Women’s Leadership in Critical Times’’.
Chair by the American Chamber of Commerce Cambodia’s Women’s Committee, Kim Tol Tan commented that there are many young Cambodian women who are aspired to be leaders and have great potentials that can be nurtured into the new generation of business leaders, however many are lacked of confidence to step up.
She further added that the local business community should consider to provide more mentorship and formal training cater for women to equip them with skills and confidence needed in order to step up and succeed in leadership positions.
In addition, the panel highlighted that building relationships with staff to enhance both soft and technical skills as well as giving employees a voice in the workplace were key skills for female leaders to implement.
According to Asian Development Bank report, in Cambodia, the numbers of female business ownership, are lower than male, who dominate the Government-Private Sector Forum and chambers of commerce.
In Cambodia women own almost two-thirds of the nation’s micro-businesses. There are currently no female leaders of the prominent international business chamber in Cambodia.
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