Serey Chea started from the bottom as a fresh graduate, before rising over the years through the ranks to be appointed the Director-General and Assistant Governor of the central bank of Cambodia. She shares candidly what it has been like for her to have to prove herself to the world and to break away from her father's shadow. When asked for her recipe to leadership success, she points out, "there's no substitute for blood and sweat."

If you're a woman in management, you would want to hear Serey's experience about managing a team of men. What works for her? Does sexist prejudice happen even to her at the highest levels of leadership? How does she deal with it?

Serey also shares anecdotes from her outstanding academic history. A senior fellow of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and holding a Ph.D. degree with the University of A ...