Lim Chhay is recently program manager in charge of foreign affairs projects at the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Cambodia (KAS). He joined KAS Cambodia since 2020, which formerly served in junior research associate and program officer positions. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies with an Honour and Distinction thesis award from the Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2020. His thesis project centered on US-China strategic competition and Cambodia’s foreign policy.

Lim Chhay used to serve as an assistant and interpreter to the spokesperson of the Royal Government and later on worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in charge of communications and knowledge management under the policy and innovation unit. He was appointed by Peking University as a Representative of ASEAN Delegation to China-ASEAN Youth Summit 2021 and received an award from China’s Foreign Affairs University as Best Delegate and Best Delegation in 2019.