OCIC Group
Native name
ក្រុមហ៊ុន អូវើស៊ី ខេមបូឌាន អ៊ិនវេសមេន ខបភើរេសិន
Krumhun Viniyoktun Anikajun Kampuchea
Company typePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
FoundedPhnom Penh, Cambodia
31 March 2000; 24 years ago (31 March 2000)
FounderDr. Pung Kheav Se
Headquarters
Canadia Tower, Nº315, Ang Doung Street, Monivong Blvd, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Pen, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Area served
Cambodia
Key people
Dr. Pung Kheav Se
(CEO and Chairman)
Lim Lina
(Vice Chairperson)
Touch Samnang
(Deputy CEO)
ServicesProperty development
Real estate
Education
Healthcare
Airport
Distribution
Construction & Engineering
Retail
Hospitality
Media
Leisure
Agriculture
Number of employees
15,000 (2022)
ParentCanadia Group
Websitewww.ocic.com.kh

OCIC Group, (Khmer: ក្រុមហ៊ុន អូវើស៊ី ខេមបូឌាន អ៊ិនវេសមេន ខបភើរេសិន, UNGEGN: Krumhun Viniyoktun Anikajun Kampuchea, Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation) is a Privately held company and a member of Canadia Group. As of 2022, OCIC employs indirectly over 15,000 people through more than 100 companies and has over twelve business segments, including property development, real estate, education, healthcare, airport, distribution, construction & engineering, retail, hospitality, media, leisure and agriculture.[1]

History

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Tracing its roots to Canadia Group, the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation Group (OCIC Group) was established to steward all diversified non-financial assets, with Canadia Investment Holding (CIH) focused with developing financial assets and services such as Canadia Bank, Cana Securities, Cambodia Post Bank, Funan Micro-Finance,and Sovannaphum Life Assurance.[2]

Since its inception, OCIC Group is said to have invested approximately US$5 billion dollars into the construction sector of Cambodia over the last two decades with flagship infrastructure projects like Koh Pich, Chroy Changvar Satellite City, Norea Island and, most recently, the Techo International Airport.[3]

Business segments

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OCIC and its affiliates have invested in various businesses as below:

  • Property Development Group: Focuses on the leasing of assets, such as international exhibition and convention centers to SOHO's to external clientele.
  • Real Estate Group: Handles the overall asset management of roughly 50 real estate projects across Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukvile and throughout Cambodia.
  • Healthcare Group: Handles investments in medical facilities such as InterCare Hospital and the Olympia Medical Hub.
  • Distribution Group: Handles investments in domestic ventures and facilitates foreign retail distribution.
  • Construction & Engineering Group: Handles investment in building construction, civil engineering to construction materials and leasing with projects such a bridges, flyovers and other public infrastructure projects throughout Cambodia.
  • Retail Group: Develops partnerships in businesses dealing with luxury jewelries and watch brands. It's business portfolio also includes other retail businesses such as Sorya Centerpoint Mall, Cambodia's first shopping mall.
  • Hospitality Group: Involved in the development and management of hotels throughout Cambodia through Dara Hotels Group, home to reknowned local hotel brand such as the Independence Hotel in Sihanoukvile.
  • Media Group: Primarily involved in investments that cater to a diverse variety of products and services ranging from printing to advertising materials.
  • Leisure Group: handles the development and management of recreation, entertainment, sports, and tourism (REST)-related products and services with products such as Coconut Park and theme parks like Dinosaurs Alive.
  • Agriculture Group: Primarily involved in the rice cultivation industry through its flagship products the award-winning rice producer Golden Daun Keo Rice Mill.

Property development and construction are by far the two main sectors of businesses among these.[5]

Timeline

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  • 31 March 2000 - OCIC is established to steward all non-financial assets and services of Canadia Group.
  • 2011 - Launching of the 260 hectare Chroy Changvar Satellite City, OCIC's biggest satellite city venture to date.
  • 2019 - OCIC has been granted an airport concession for the development of Phnom Penh's newest airport, the Techno International Airport.
  • 2020 - OCIC celebrates 20th years in the industry.
  • 2021 - OCIC announces the official launch of the All-New OCIC Mobile App.
  • 2020 - OCIC launched Cambodia's largest international convention & exhibition center at Chroy Changvar Satellite City east of Phnom Penh.
  • 2022 - OCIC together with Accor partnered to introduce ibis budget hotels to Cambodia marking the ofifical entry into the Southeast Asian market.[6]

Awards

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In 2022, OCIC become the first ever inductee into the Hall of Fame Award of the Cambodia Real Estate Award (CREA) in recognition of the contribution of real estate leader who contributed to the development of Cambodia’s real estate sector.[7]

2022 – OCIC’s received the most coveted 2022 Cambodia Real Estate Personality of the Year Award in recognition of its substantial impact in the Asian real estate, construction, and infrastructure sectors presented by The Property Guru

Management

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Board of Management as of January 2022:

  • Dr. Pung Kheav Se (CEO and Chairman)
  • Touch Samnang (Deputy CEO)
  • Ang Enghuy (CFO)
  • Lim Lychin (COO)
  • Thierry Tea (Vice President)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OCIC presents its major developments at AmCham Real Estate and Construction event". Cambodia Investment Review. February 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Neak Oknha Dr. Pung Kheav Se the man, his dreams and his success at Canadia". Khmer Times. February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se boosted Cambodia's construction sector with US$5 billion and more to come". Construction & Property. February 9, 2023.
  4. ^ May, Kunmakara (January 16, 2023). "New int'l airport nearly half complete as travel industry returns to life". Khmer Times. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se boosted Cambodia's construction sector with US$5 billion and more to come". Construction & Property. February 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "ibis budget Phnom Penh Riverside". hospitalitynet. February 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "OCIC named as first Hall Of Fame Award Inductee of Cambodia Real Estate Award (CREA) 2022". Khmer Times. February 9, 2023.