About us

Nguyen Thieu Son

Chief Executive Officer & Member of the Board

Mr. Thieu Son has 20 years working experience in banking, finance and investment in Vietnam, Laos.

He joined the Company since 2014 as Member of the BoM of BIDV Leasing Company and nominated as CEO of the Company since April 2017 after restructuring process.

Prior to this position, he held management positions at Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), BIDV – Vietnam Partners Investment Management Company (BVIM) and Lao – Viet Bank (LVB). As an Executive Vice President, Deputy Head of Investment Department at BIDV during 2012 – 2017, he was responsible for equity investment management, subsidiaries management, managing overseas activities and being member of subsidiaries’ Board of Directors…. Before that he had 6 year served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at BVIM (2006 – 2012), and three years (2002 – 2005) working at LVB as Deputy CFO in Laos.

Mr. Thieu Son obtained his Master in Management of Banking and Finance from Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management – Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Fujita Takeshi

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Fujita has 30 years working experience in finance and real estate business fields in SuMi Trust Group, the largest trust bank group in Japan.

With regard to finance business, he had been working with corporate clients, from SMEs to large listed corporations, aiming to provide commercial banking and transaction banking products and services. As for real estate, he is an authorized real estate broker and had served for domestic and global investors by providing investment opportunities in Japan, while managing assets in the investment portfolio. He used to be CEO of one of the J-REIT's asset management company.

Mr. Fujita has been working as General Manager in Wholesale Business Planning Dept. of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd. since 2013, and being in charge of developing business collaboration with foreign banks, including BIDV, and other financial institutions.

Mr. Fujita obtained MBA in Finance and investment from George Washington University in the United States of America.

Hoang Van Phuc

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Phuc holds Master degree in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods from University Carlos III, Madrid and Master in Economics of the Australian University.

Mr. Phuc has a long-term work experience in finance, focusing on investment analysis and asset management. He was a Vice President at BIDV Invesment Management Department, where he overseed several financial investments and subsidiaries companies.

Before joining BIDV, Mr. Phuc had more than 10 years working in Vietnamese securities market, started as the Secretary of Chairman of State Securities Commission, and then as manager of various departments at Hanoi Stock Exchange. He also worked as investment manager / director at Vietinbank Capital and SGI Capital.

Ngo Duy Viet

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Viet has over ten-year experience in banking and finance, trade and investment in Vietnam and Myanmar.

He joined BIDV in October 2006 and has held various management positions such as Assistant Vice President of Finance Department, Vice President of Japanese Desk BIDV, Chief Representative Office of BIDV in Myanmar and General Manager of BIDV Finance Company in Myanmar.

While working in Myanmar, Mr. Viet also held the position of Chief Representative of the Association of Vietnamese Investors in Myanmar (AVIM). He supported and promoted the investment and trade of Vietnam enterprises into Myanmar, thereby promoting the economic cooperation between the two countries.

From June 2017, Mr. Viet was appointed by BIDV as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of BIDV-SuMi TRUST Leasing Co., Ltd. (BSL).

Mr. Viet holds Master degree in Economic Management, Hanoi National Economics University and a BA in English, Hanoi University.

Azuma Toshihiro

Managing Executive Officer

Mr. Azuma has 25 years working experience in banking and has 9 years working experience in risk management at SuMi TRUST Group – the largest trust group in Japan.

He held management positions for many years on credit, customer relations, foreign exchange, accounting at major domestic and global branches such as London and Singapore.

In May 2015, he was Deputy General Manager at Global Business Planning and Coordination Department in charge of global governance for overseas operations. Since April 2017, he has been appointed as Managing Executive Officer of BIDV-SuMi TRUST Leasing Co., Ltd. (BSL).

Mr. Azuma Toshihiro is a Bachelor of Economics in Osaka University, Japan.