Ms. Hong Trang’s Expert Profile
Leading expert in strategy and operation of Financial Management, Taxation control, Building a team of professional Finance and Accounting personnel for large corporations in Vietnam
BRIEF INFORMATION
Ms. Hong Trang is a leading financial expert in Vietnam, having successfully advised more than 800 businesses in accounting, taxation, financial management and IPO. Before becoming one of the prestigious advisors, Ms. Hong Trang has accumulated a solid foundation from financial education in France and the UK; at the same time, she is a university lecturer majoring in finance and accounting with many years of experience in Vietnam. Ms. Hong Trang used to hold the position of Member of the Board of Directors, as well as Chief Accountant and CFO with more than 10 years of experience at a large state-owned enterprise – under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (now a public company – Machinco1; Stock code MA1)
CURRENT MAIN JOBS
– General Director, CEO of EDUBELIFE Financial Skills Training Joint Stock Company – a prestigious organization in the field of training and consulting to improve the capacity of financial management, tax law, and corporate accounting for the Vietnamses enterprises.
At the same time, it is a pioneering organization in training individual financial management skills, towards financial freedom, especially Vietnamese children and adolescents.
– Co-founder of BIZMAP – a platform to help businesses improve their competitiveness and reach out to participate in the global value chain.
TYPICAL CUSTOMERS
– CPC1 Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Public company, revenue of more than 1,600 billion VND – Group size, listed shares) https://cpc1hn.com.vn/
– UPHARMA Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company (60 branches nationwide, preparing for IPO)
https://upharma.vn/
– MACHINCO1 Equipment Joint Stock Company (public company – formerly known as SOE – Ministry of Industry and Trade has been equitized, specializing in: import and export, real estate, owning MACPLAZA Office – shopping Center https://macplaza.vn/
– HITACO Hi-Tech Company – Ministry of National Defense (Hi-Tech of the Ministry of National Defense, revenue of VND 2,000 billion) http://hitaco.vn/
– Nguyen Binh Khiem Inter-level Education System (Private and International Education)
https://nbk.edu.vn/
– Van Minh Group (passenger transportation, CPN and study abroad) https://vanminh76.vn/
TYPICAL ACTIVITIES
– Successfully raised capital for dozens of businesses with a capital mobilization scale ranging from a few billion to tens or hundreds of billions of VND. Enterprises operating in different fields: manufacturing, trade, technology, agriculture, real estate, etc.; with diverse types of capital: loans, joint venture capital, mixed capital, IPO, divestment of state capital in joint stock companies.
– At the same time, Ms. Hong Trang – representing EDUBELIFE – is a strategic partner of professional individual and institutional investors, such as Rabo Foundation – Rabo Bank – Kingdom of the Netherlands.
In addition to her main job as a Strategic and Operations Consultant for large enterprises in Vietnam, Ms. Hong Trang is known for:
– Speaker, Financial Expert for the programs “Improving financial management capacity” for business owners nationwide implemented by prestigious international organizations such as UNDP – United Nations, USAID – US Agency for International Development, Rabo Bank – the largest agricultural bank in the Netherlands; OXFAM, PATH, NEXUS…
– Professional advisor, speaker of startup reports, financial management of VTV1, VTC1, VTC2, FBNC, HTV, TECHFEST
– Experts devote a lot of affection and enthusiasm to the impact agricultural SMEs business community in Vietnam. Currently, Ms. Hong Trang – representing EDUBELIFE – is a strategic partner of RABO FOUNDATION – RABO BABK Bank – the largest agricultural bank in the Netherlands, top 50 largest financial institutions in the world. https://www.rabobank.com/. EDUBELIFE is accompanying RABO FOUNDATION in the program to provide NO-COLLATERAL loans to Vietnamese agricultural SMEs.
– Member of the Jury “National Startup Day for Startup Students in recent years”; members of the Jury of the National Startup Competitions organized by the US Embassy, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, prestigious startup ecosystems, and major universities in Vietnam.
– University lecturers majoring in finance and corporate accounting with many years of experience.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
– Former excellent student majoring in Corporate Finance, Academy of Finance, Vietnam.
– Graduated with honors, top 2 excellent students in the Master’s course in Finance & Control – JEAN MUOLIN University (Lyon3), France.
– Strategic level PhD student of the CIMA UK Program (CIMA – Certificate in Chartered Management Accounting, UK).
– Member of AMEN Network – ASEAN Business Advisory Network.
CORE VALUES
Sincere
Empathy
Transparent
Professional
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL VIEWS ON INDIVIDUAL FINANCE:
– Learning finance – essentially learning to love;
– The way we spend money clearly reveals our personality, values and quality of life;
– Financial freedom is the foundation that leads to freedom of the soul, freedom to develop talents, dedication to the community, freedom to touch true happiness and sustainable.
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL VIEWS ON CORPORATE FINANCE:
– The essence of financial management science is to manage “greed” – with the goal of creating internal balance and fairness to the community for strong and sustainable development.
– There is not a good CFO to support a bad CEO
– No matter how good a financial strategy which based on a bad business strategy.
– The science of financial management and business administration has no boundaries. Although 2 is 1, although 1 is 2.
– Corporate finance is like the lifeblood flowing in the life of the business, creeping into each part and cell of the business. Therefore, it is valuable for CEOs who know how to effectively apply financial management tools to manage their business.
MISSION
Together with BIZMAP, EDUBELIFE contributes to improving the capacity of individual financial management, corporate financial management in particular and competitiveness in general for Vietnamese business owners so that they can confidently reach out, become big corporations and step by step firmly participate in the global value chain.
