The Team
The operations department at Lao Consulting Group (LCG) is uniquely composed of a diverse team, featuring both skilled Lao nationals and a selection of international expatriates, a strategic combination that collectively contributes to a rich and extensive repository of both global experience and deep local expertise to all of the company’s projects and initiatives.
Manilay Bouavong – Managing Director
Ms. Bouavong joined the company in 2000 and was appointed Managing Director in 2004. She has overseen LCG’s transformational development from a local company providing national staff and support services to international consultants to being the Lead consultant in international bidding under AFD and ADB financed Projects in the Agriculture and Water Supply sectors. LCG has expanded collaboration with international firms and individual consultants and developed our capacity to provide services in a range of new sectors including architecture and data management; and expanded our client base to include the private sector in hydropower, mining and industry.
Arouny Sakulku – Executive Director
Ms. Sakulku has served as Executive Director of Lao Consulting Group since 2006, bringing over three decades of international experience in civil engineering and infrastructure development. A Chartered Engineer in the UK, she has guided major projects across water supply, transport, rural development, and mining sectors for clients including ADB, JICA, Sida, EU, and the private sector. Her leadership has been central to strengthening LCG’s technical capacity and reputation as a trusted partner in delivering high-quality, sustainable infrastructure solutions in Lao PDR and the region.
LCG’s Staff and Consultants
LCG has 60 permanent staff of highly skilled men and women comprising both Lao nationals and expatriates. Our multidisciplinary staff has a wide range of technical specializations and are our most valuable asset in terms of their technical backgrounds, and their knowledge of local institutional frameworks, government policies, and national and local cultures, norms and ethnic values. Graduates from universities around the globe and bring with them the skills and knowledge from diverse corners of the world to ensure an appropriate solution to our clients’ needs. We encourage our staff to extract their full potential through continuing to strengthen their knowledge and professional development by providing additional training and allocating time and resource to pursue higher degree courses in Lao PDR or overseas.
The Core Departments at the Heart of LCG
Engineering and Architecture Department
The services offered by our architectural department range from the design of individual houses, commercial buildings, mining camps and participation in the development of a green field university campus. The engineering department is staffed by structural, civil, urban planning, water resources, irrigation and roads engineers. LCG is currently implementing, along with an international partner, one of the first blue/green urban flood mitigation projects in Lao PDR
Social and Environmental Services Department
Our social and environmental services department has extensive experience and expertise in data collection and analysis associated with safeguard studies and is familiar with safeguards compliance requirements of all the main international, regional and national agencies and those of the Lao PDR. The department also conducts Social Impact Assessment studies, and management.
Selected Current and Recently Completed Projects
Nature-based Solution for Urban Adaptation (NATURA)
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Lao PDR | 2024–2026 | Client: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Enhancing Systematic Land Registration Project (ESLRP)
Pilot Land Survey for Systematic Land Registration Lao PDR | 2025 – 2026 | Client: Department of Land Administration and Management, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
Enhanced Green Economy through a Climate-Resilient and Inclusive Coffee Value Chain
2024–2028 | Client: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / European Union (EU) / Agence Française de Développement (AFD)