With experience of more than 20 years, spanning within the finance and banking sector, Ms. Meas Kunthea has decided to join BVM Petroleum, a company with a clear vision and mission in the energy industry, with a very optimistic outlook.

Having been a working woman and a mom of 3 children, Ms. Kunthea defines herself as career women who believes that in life success and happiness could be found professionally and personally as long as you commit to your goals with good heart.

Start career as ‘A Dream Chaser’!

Starting a career with a dream of what do you want to be, and “never be afraid to chase your dream”, an advice Ms. Kunthea would give to any career starter.

As soon as she finished her degree from Singapore, Ms. Kunthea had a dream position she wanted in mind, ‘manager’.

Although Ms. Kunthea landed her first formal career as a Teacher of English and Accounting, she never once forgot to go after her dream. Thriving to develop herself, Ms. Kunthea made her move by changing her job to work in an organization, to be an Executive Secretary at the CAMFEBA, Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations.

As a starter, it’s important that you must be passionate with your job, work hard and be patient in order to learn more, understand more and grow more, commented Ms. Kunthea mentioning that she worked from A to Z, but she was very happy.

Trust is gained through integrity and results. Ms. Kunthea gained trust from her employers and, “Thanks to their trust on me, I was offered opportunities to handle many important tasks locally and internationally.”

Her dream position came to realize when she landed a job with ANZ Royal Bank, a well-known bank in Cambodia, as a Training and Development Manager. The achievement was thanked to her 3.5 years of efforts.

Never too late to reset your goal – Seeking the limit of your own potential!

“Always ask yourself if you’re happy with your decision and where you are now,” said Ms. Kunthea advising that “never be afraid to reset your goal”. This advice reflects her experience in resetting goals from time to time during her decade-long working life. 

With new goals and new opportunities, getting promoted, changing to new departments, learning new things, being assigned to work abroad and so on, Ms. Kunthea described those years to be passing by just like the blink of an eye.

Failure – A common thing in life

Through the 2-decade time of work, it was not all sunshine and rainbows for Ms. Kunthea.

Ms. Kunthea mentioned that she had faced many failures, “but I never buried myself with failures.”

In life, failure and disappointment happen all the time. “Don’t be discouraged… Just like they say if one door closes, another one opens for you,” said Ms. Kunthea adding that one shall prepare themselves to be ready therefore, “when that door opens, we can walk in a more prepared way.”

Ms. Kunthea suggested to treat failure as a teacher, “sometimes, the lessons learnt from failure can be far greater than those from success.”

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood” – Quality in leadership!

“Empathy” is a quality of a team leader. Yet, Kunthea suggested keeping a good balance between the company’s values, the team’s needs and your own values.  

“Don’t be over-confident. Always learn and get yourself ready”, a trait for you to keep going farther.

Ms. Kunthea advised, “Do your very best in every single, tiny thing and in your everyday task. You will see the rewards from your efforts, consistency, and your perseverance. I am completely sure of it,” adding that her principle is “Do an ordinary thing in an extraordinary way.”

BVM – We have a common goal

“BVM has clear and strong vision and core values. I want to see BVM achieving their mission, becoming one of the most recognized local brands in Cambodia, showing that we can compete head-to-head with other foreign brands in the market. I think we can do it when each and every one of us join hands and commit to realizing our mission and vision,” said Ms. Kunthea adding that she would do her very best to add values to this goal.