Ha Do is Senior Partner leading KPMG Hanoi office.
KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in Vietnam. The Firm was granted the Prime Minister’s Award for its contribution to the finance sector, is recognized as a Tier One Tax Firm by the International Tax Review, and is the only to be voted as “Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year”.
Ha is also the Lead Partner of State Owned Enterprises (“SOEs”) Sector, in charge of developing business strategies for the sector, dealing with large SOEs, to whom KPMG offers audit and consulting services, assisting the SOEs to go through the transformation and IPO process, providing management consulting services. Ha is also Head of Infrastructure Sector in KPMG in Vietnam, coordinating advisory, tax and auditing services on projects for refineries, power plants, airports/ports, roads and real estate projects.
Ha has 19 years of experience in providing tax and consulting services, advising on investment forms, merger and acquisition, cross border transactions, investment and tax structuring to leading multi-national corporations in Vietnam. She has been advising both investors and EPC contractors on Vietnam’s major refinery projects, and has been deeply involved in the first SOE debt restructuring project in Vietnam, under a UK scheme of arrangement.
Ha holds the fellowship status of the UK Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. She is also an Australian CPA and a Vietnam CPA. Ha is a frequent writer for various newspapers and an active speaker in conferences and seminars in both Vietnam and the region. She is also the co-chairwoman for the Woman Corporate Directors (WCD) in Vietnam, the only global organization for director women with over 900 members serving over 1,200 management boards of companies across the world. Ha is also an Executive Committee member of the Hanoi Business Association, actively involved in promoting business of Vietnamese private enterprises. She sits in various advisory boards for non-profit organizations and also runs Sympameals with her friends, a charity fund providing free meals to poor patients in the city cancer hospital.
Ha has been a member of the AmCham board for three years and frequently participates in AmCham activities. As one of two Vietnamese and female board members, Ha has contributed to the Board from a different perspective, i.e. bringing on board views of foreign investors and business community she serves from the position of a female leader of one the largest auditing and consulting firms in Vietnam and in the world.

Since her arrival in Vietnam in 2012 Irene has focused on initiatives that inspire women to find their own paths. She is the co-author of an award winning book on Vietnamese Women Leaders, ‘Ba Trieu’s 21st Century Daughters’, the founding curator of the live event series, the Women’s Storytelling Salon, www.womenstorytellingsalon.co, and a regular speaker on the topic of women leadership.

In her business, iglobal – www.iglobal-coaching.com - Irene focuses on preparing future leaders for their next role, and getting people into the mindset to move ahead. She works with individuals and organisations, supporting executives, groups, leaders and emerging leaders through coaching and tailored workshops.

Dinh Tran earned the Bachelor Degree in Telecommunications from Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (INSA de Lyon), France. After graduation, she joined Amadeus in France as a Development Engineer, responsible for designing technical solutions, performing feasibility studies and necessary validation to finalize the product. Dinh came back to Vietnam and joined Alcatel – Lucent in July 2007. She held different potions in Alcatel – Lucent from Project Manager to Maintenance Service Manager Leader. She was the Customer Account Director in Alcatel – Lucent for 7 years before joining Ericsson in 2015 as a Key Account Manager for VNPT. In 2016, she was appointed Vice President for Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.

Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society - a world leader in communications technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and society to fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable future. Our services, software and infrastructure - especially in mobility, broadband and the cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve the user experience and capture new opportunities. Our ambition is to lead the market transformation as the new ICT market evolves.

Ericsson was one of the first foreign telecommunications companies to establish operations in Vietnam since 1993. Ericsson is long-term and strategic partner to all Vietnamese operators. Ericsson is currently the leading supplier of all Mobile Network technology in Vietnam, providing 2G, 3G & 4G Mobile Network Infrastructure and Services to all Operators in Vietnam.

Sue Nguyen is currently working as a Programme Officer at UN Women, focusing on the support of women workers and entrepreneurs and advocacy for gender-responsive business culture and practices. Before coming to Viet Nam, she led Communications at Democracy 21, an international civic-tech company providing consultancy and modern tools to create inclusive and participatory cities in the digital era.