A veteran female assistant has become president of a securities firm that has changed its name 5 times in the past 10 years. The appointment of Nguyen Thi Lien as chair of the board of SmartMind Securities, effective 4 September, has been publicly disclosed.
SmartMind Securities Joint Stock Company announced a series of executive appointments at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and a board meeting in early September 2026, appointing senior assistant Nguyen Thi Lien, born in 1986, as chair of the board. Her term runs from 2026 to 2031, and she also serves as a senior assistant to the chair of another company. Nguyen Thi Lien does not hold any shares in the company.
On the same day, Ho Phi Anh was appointed to the board for a term running from 2026 to 2031, while Niem Tuan Duong was removed as chair of the board at his own request. The company plans for Nguyen Thi Lien to continue serving as legal representative until the procedures for changing the legal representative are completed, after which the position is expected to be handed over.
Meanwhile, Bach Nguyen Vu, who served as general director from the end of 2024 through July 2026, was also removed from the board effective 4 September. The general director position changed from Bach Nguyen Vu to Dinh Trong Viet Baha, effective 28 August 2026.
Alongside the changes to its management team, SmartMind Securities is preparing to change its name. The shareholders' meeting approved a plan to change the company's name to KL Securities Joint Stock Company, with the change expected to take effect after approval by the State Securities Commission. Since its first name change in 2017, the company has undergone 5 name changes in less than 10 years.
Sunshine Group is the company's largest shareholder, holding 50.99%, followed by Dynamic Innovation with 43.51%, while individual shareholders each hold 2%. SmartMind is targeting revenue of approximately VND 140 billion to VND 142 billion and pretax profit of at least VND 93 billion in 2026.