Meet the Team

Since its creation in 2008, the ADF has been run by a small team of individuals driven by passion and wholly dedicated to their work. In addition to the core team presented below, the organisation is working with international and Cambodian consultants, and local staff living on Phnom Kulen.
We have built on strong network with all local partners such as the Phnom Kulen National Park's rangers, teachers from primary schools, Community Protected Areas members, APSARA guards and the Health Center team.

The Core Team

The core team is made of international and local experts in charge of managing the organisation and implementing its activities on a daily basis.

Mien Mout
Income Generation (agro-ecology and animal raising) Supervisor, House Manager

Mout is a Cambodian Childhood specialist who worked for ten years as a nurse assistant in a local health center in the village of Tbeng, near Phnom Kulen.
She joined the ADF in June 2012 as Nutrition Health Officer and spent most of her time on Phnom Kulen implementing the nutrition project over the villages.
Since May 2014, she has been reassigned to the Income Generation team, following up all the beneficiaries and encouraging families to implement alternative livelihood activities. She is fully in charge of this component and now works closely with all farmers and Agrisud team, to implement the alternatives livelihood activities.

Seng Samry
Hygiene and School Program Supervisor

Samry assisted the ADF Nutrition Officer in activities concerning hygiene and nutrition from 2015 and for 2 years. He made sure that target communities got benefit from ADF's nutrition activities, including hygiene, nutrition and education.
Since our nutrition program ended in July 2017, Samry focus on hygiene and work closely with the target schools on Kulen mountain to ensure that the school-children are able to study in a friendly and hygiene environment.
Coming from the nearby town of Svay Leu, Samry has joined ADF since May 2015 and is leading the schools and villagers on the mountain to adopt a hygiene and healthy way of living, under the supervision of the Development and Environment Program Manager. Samry also supervises the Tree nursery project, the Library and English class project and the construction of infrastructures in schools.

Bis Cheung
Income Generation (agro-ecology and animal raising) Assistant

Ms Cheung is from Anlong Thom village. Previously recruited as ADF cook, she has shown a strong interest in the IG activities. She is assisting Mout in transferring the technical knowledge to the local communities and she is closely following up all the beneficiaries of vegetable farming, pig, chicken raising.
Since our collaboration with Agrisud international started in May 2019, she follows up the numerous families growing black ginger and fruit trees.

Loem Nimul
Hygiene Assistant

Ms Nimul is from Popel Village. She has been working for ADF from 2011 to 2017 as a Village Health Facilitator, during the Nutrition and Hygiene Program. Considering her experience and skills, ADF has recruited her in August 2018 to assist the implementation of the Hygiene and Sanitation program (WISH 1 and 2), for the Sangke Lak, Khlah Khmum, Popel, Ta Penh and Phum Thmey primary schools in Phnom Kulen.

Rit Saomoa
Tree Nursery Caretaker

Saomoa is from Anlong Thom village. He is fully employed by ADF as tree nursery supervisor since June 2024. He is in charge of the 4 tree nurseries set up by ADF in the primary school of Ta Penh, Anlong Thom, Sangke Lak and Popel villages, in coordination with the teachers and students. Saomoa also assists locally all ADF activities and staff.

Em Lihieng
English teacher and library coordinator.

Lihieng was recruited in June 2024 to coordinate a new project supporting 7 libraries in 6 schools, and english classes in 4 schools. He is graduated from High School in 2018 in Siem Reap province. He stepped up to the university in 2019, majoring TESOL then graduated his bachelor degree at Pannasastra University of Cambodia in 2024.
Lihieng used to be a volunteer teacher at
SHCC from 2011 until 2014. Additionally, he taught English as a second language teacher at BC School for a year. From 2016 to 2023, he worked at BFOK NGO, providing English education to local students.

Chhouk Sreymom
Handicraft Assistant

Sreymom was recruited in July 2023 to assist Phirom for the Handicraft support project in Phnom Kulen villages. She is from Anlong Thom village and graduated high school in Svay Leu. She is in charge of identifying and following up the artisans, organising the trainings in primary schools and villages and promoting the products.

Dr. Jean-Baptiste "JB" Chevance
ADF Program Director, Archaeology Program Supervisor

JB is a French archaeologist who has been working in Angkor since 1999 as an archaeologist for the Ecole Française d'Extreme Orient, INRAP and for the preventive archaeological unit at the APSARA Authority. Surveying Phnom Kulen since the early 2000, he completed his PhD on the occupation and mapping of Phnom Kulen during Angkorian and post angkorian time, at La Sorbonne, France.
He set up the ADF in 2008 and is Program Director and Senior Archaeologist, running the "Archaeological side" of the ADF.

Morn Pith
Hygiene Assistant

Phit was recruited in June 2024 to assist Nimul and Samry for the Hygiene and Sanitation program in Phnom Kulen primary schools. She was born in Popel village, second of a family of 6 siblings. From 2016 to 2022, Pith went to the Kulen Outreach campus in Siem Reap town, during secondary school. After 1 year of university, she has decided to come back to help the Phnom Kulen population within ADF's activities.

Chhun Phirom
Community-Based Tourism Centre, Patrol and Handicraft Supervisor, part-time

Phirom has been working with Terre Cambodge (TC) travel agency, one of the longest ADF partner and donor, since 2009, as a reservation manager.
In 2016, she started helping our hygiene and sanitation project in primary schools, as a volunteer and as TC contribution to ADF.
In April 2020, when ADF and TC started to set up the Community-Based Tourism Centres in Anlong Thom and Popel villages, it was logical that Phirom joined the team on a part-time basis, as a Supervisor for this component. Phirom is also in charge of supervising the patrols with the Community Protected areas members and to promote Phnom Kulen handicrafts.

Hoeung Hourapich
Administrative, finance and communication Officer

Rapich graduated from the Cambodian Mekong University with a degree of Marketing, Business and Administration in 2016. She joined ADF in March 2017 for a new and essential position within the organisation: Administrative, Finance and Communication Officer.
She spend most of her time at ADF office in Siem Reap, with some regular visits to the field in Phnom Kulen.

Chim Sopheap,
ADF Program Deputy Director, Development and Environment program manager

Sopheap has been a birding guide since 2006 and has 18 years of experience with community-based development programs. In 2009, he joined the OSMOSE NGO team as an Ecotourism program manager, resulting in considerable development while maintaining morale and high expectations. Sopheap was nominated as OSMOSE's first executive director in 2013. After resigning from this position in 2017, he remained a board member for OSMOSE and ran Buffalo Trails, a community-based tourist operator. From 2021 to 2024, he worked as a project officer and program manager at the Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB). ADF hired him in May 2024 as a Program Deputy Director/ Development and Environment program manager.

The Supporting Staff

Lay Thol
ADF smiley housekeeper

Loch Leach
ADF very talented cook

Both from Anlong Thom village, Ming Thol and Leach are an essential part of ADF daily life and activities!

Partners and collaborators

ADF work on a daily basis with a great number of collaborators and partners to implement numerous projects in Phnom Kulen. From the school principals and teachers to the Park rangers, the Community Protected Area members, the Popel and Anlong Thom Community-based Tourism Center members, the Health Center staff, village chiefs and commune chief, all these persons are fully involved in all our activities.

The Archeo consulting team

The following people are still providing expertise on a regular basis: Bruno Fabry INRAP Surveyor, Maryline Gaudin Surveyor, Eric Llopis and Frédéric Conche INRAP Archaeologists, Nicolas Nauleau Archaeologist, Nicolas Josso Archaeologist, Armand Desbat CNRS Ceramics expert, Ranet Hong Khmer ceramics expert.

The Ex-team members

The following people have worked as consultant, student, volunteer or staff with ADF, from 2008 to 2022:

David Sandilands Development Manager.
Sakhoeun Sakada Archaeologist, ADF National Manager, then Director of Phnom Kulen National Park (Ministry of Environment), then deputy director of Siem Reap Provincial Dpt of Environment.
Katia Chmielczyk Architect,
Pierre Bâty, Bernard Farago-Szekeres INRAP Archaeologists,
Stéphane De Greef, Prey Sovann and Nina Hofer Cartographer, database and GIS specialists,
Evelise Bruneau Archaeologist,
Yang Sreypich, Thoeurn Sokhon, Vitou Akphivath, Nhoem Sophorn and Norng Many Archaeologists,
Kang Samhoeun, San Kosal, Lim Tenghak, Sen Renovann and Hem Mike APSARA Archaeologists,
Adeline Beuken and Elise Royer-Cellard Ceramic restorer.

Chhoin Pieng Beekeeping community trainer, Daniel Jump Sustainable beekeeping trainer,
Team Phirom, Samrith Vichet, Yon Soknim, Khen Sophea Nutritional Health Officer,
Pon Sambath Nutritional Health Assistant,
Chhoeurn Rom VHF in Sangke Lak, Touch Puy VHF in Phum Khlah Khmum, Suth Sa Um VHF in Sangke Lak, Khen Touch VHF in Phum Thmey
Chen Pheakdey 'Wab' Income Generation Officer and Nutritional Health Officer,
Khen Savann, Soeng Seath, Hygiene Assistant
Yon Sokchea, Tree Nursery Caretaker
Chhin Vanna, Bin Chhayleang (†) Income Generation Officer,
Eric Guérin Development expert,
Joe Baynam, Juliette Capdevielle (architect), Clemence Lutz and Christian Pedrini, Volunteers,
Arthur Lacroix, Ensnp, Master Student,
Louisa Carpenter and Giampiero De Feo, Karolinska Institute Master Student,
Tuy Sophea, translator and facilitator,
Sebastian von Shreeb, medical student, Lund University,
Kong Leaksmy, translator and facilitator.

Ming Hay and Pou Sarom Anlong Thom former support team for ADF first base (2008-2013),
Som Thou, Nuon Srey Nath, cooks,
Pich Seu Logistic and Liaison Manager,
Pen Sarithy and Ngorn Pansyana, accountant and secretary .