About Jenny

 

Ms. Jenny Pearson, English, has been living and working in Cambodia for more than a decade. She got Cambodian citizenship in 2007.

 

Jenny came to Cambodia in 1995, and started her work for Voluntary Service Oversees (VSO) as coordinator of a management training project for a group of seven international NGOs. In 1997, with support of the seven INGOs, she founded a capacity building NGO, which known as VBNK, and she has been its Director ever since.

 

The writer (Leng Chhay) has worked with Jenny for 7 years, and has built a wide range of professional skills, mainly through monthly Development Supervisions*, appraisals and coaching.

 

Currently, Jenny has exited her full-time employment, and is working on some interesting pieces of development work (including writing development articles) on consultancy basis.

 

 

* Development Supervision (DS) is VBNK term, and it refers to a regular 1:1 meeting between line manager and subordinate, to review and monitor performance and support staff learning.