Career
AMK currently provides cr to about 300,000 customers or 10% of the households in Cambodia. Power successfully led AMK and its 1,000 staff through the global economic downturn and subsequently embarked on a strategic transformation process to change AMK from a rural cr-only organization to a provider of a broad range of financial services, including savings, cr, money transfers, mobile banking, and various other innovative financial services. Pwer grew up on a dairy farm in Rathgormack, County Waterford, Ireland and attended Rockwell College high school.
He was award the first Dermot Harris Memorial Scholarship to the University of Scranton.
Power earned a Bachelor of Science in International Relations and Philosophy from the University of Scranton, followed by an Master of Arts in European Integration from the University of Limerick. In 2002, Power co-founded a specialty consulting and software company, Claritee Group.
Claritee focused on corporate performance management solutions. After building the company to over $3 million in revenue, Power left Claritee in 2005 and joined the non-governmental organization sector.
Power worked as the Financial Systems Manager for Concern Worldwide until 2009 when he became Chief Operating Officer at Prosperity Initiative, a private sector development non-governmental organization based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
In 2010, Power joined AMK as Chief Executive Officer. Power is a longtime rugby player, having been associated with Blackthorn Rugby Club for over 20 years. Power is a regular conference speaker and media commentator on topics such as Microfinance, Business Technology, Globalization, and Project Management.
