Sengkham Phinith (1940-2022), civil engineer and former Vice Minister of Construction of Lao PDR

Sengham Phinith was born on 2 December, 1940 near the Lao capital, Vientianne.  He trained as a civil engineer rising to Vice Minister of Construction before being falsely accused, dismissed and exiled to a remote region for four years.  The way he dealt with this cruel experience is inspirational. On his release in 1988 he founded a civil engineering consulting firm.  He passed away on 31 January, 2022. This chapter appears in my book, Added Value -the life stories of leading South East Asian business people published by Murmeli in 1999.Please note that these interviews took place some time ago - over 25 years ago in the case of the South East Asian life story book and around 10 to 15 years ago in the case of the two Indian life story books.  However, their stories are correct to the time of the interviews and the objective is to demonstrate the entrepreneurial skills they exhibited at the time of the interviews in building their businesses.