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[24 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 1,584 views]
Dr.Subhak Siwaraksa, new president and CEO of BankThai

Dr.Subhak Siwaraksa has become the new president and chief executive officer of BankThai, currently controlled by Malaysia’s CIMB Group, since March 17, 2009.

The appointment of Dr.Subhak, former chief executive officer of TMB Bank, was reported to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) after its board of directors’ proposal had received an approval from the Bank of Thailand.
Dr.Subhak, 52 years old, received a Bachelor’s degree in English literature and economics from Georgetown University, USA, and a Master’s degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA, and a PhD …

PEOPLE

[22 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 885 views]
Noppol Milinthanggoon, RATCH managing director

Noppol Milinthanggoon has been appointed as the managing director of Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH) since October 1, 2008.

Noppol Milinthanggoon, 55, has many years of experiences in the electricity generating industry as he started his career at the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in 1975, working for the Nuclear and Technology Division.
He had later held several key positions at EGAT before being the assistant governor for Thermal Power Plant Construction, overseeing the construction of all EGAT thermal power plants.
During more than 30 years of experiences at EGAT, …

PEOPLE

[28 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 2,635 views]
Dr Tarisa Watanagase, Governor of the Bank of Thailand

Born:   30 November 1949
Education:
1973 — B.A. in Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
1975 — M.A. in Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
1988 — Ph.D. in Economics, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, USA
1999 — Advanced Management Program (AMP) Certificate Harvard University, USA
2007 — Ph.D. (Honorary) in Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Experience:
2006 – present — Governor, Bank of Thailand (BoT)
2002 – 2006 — Deputy Governor, Financial Institutions Stability, BoT
2001 – 2002 — Assistant Governor, Financial Markets Operations Group, BoT

PEOPLE

[12 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 1,265 views]
Dr.Apichai Boontherawara, EXIM Bank president

Dr.Apichai Boontherawara has joined the Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Bank) as the bank’s president since July 1, 2006.
Before joining the EXIM Bank, Dr.Apichai, with 12-year experiences in various fields of the finance and banking sectors, was the managing director of the Asset Management Corporation (AMC) under Thailand’s Ministry of Finance. Earlier, he had been the first Thai general manager of Rabobank Nederland’s Thailand Representative Office for six years.
Dr.Apichai also had six years of experiences in investment banking as the head of the
Investment Banking Department of Nava Vickers Ballas Securities …

BUSINESS, News, PEOPLE

[24 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 1,727 views]
SET appoints Veerathai as new chief strategy officer

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has appointed Dr.Veerathai Santiprabhob as new chief strategy officer, as well as the executive director of its Capital Market Research Institute, from January 26 onward.
The Thai bourse yesterday announced that Dr.Veerathai, former executive vice president for strategic planning at Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) — Thailand’s third largest bank, will be in charge of Corporate Strategy and Development Division of the Thai bourse, overseeing business policies for SET and developing strategic plans.
He will also head the Capital Market Research Institute, which will support the works …

PEOPLE

[16 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 1,863 views]
Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born:                   December 15, 1944
Birthplace:         Thonburi, Bangkok
Spouse:               Mrs. Chintana (Wajanabukka) Piromya
Children:            Om (M, deceased 1974-1994), Prae (F)
Education:          Bangkok Christian College;
                              St.Joseph’s College, Darjeeling, India;
                              Faculty of Political Science (Legal Section), Chulalongkorn University;
                             B.Sc.(International Affairs), School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;
                             Diploma in International Relations and M.Sc. (Social Science), Institute of Social 
                             Studies, the Hague, the Netherlands, 1971;
                             The National Defense College of Thailand, 1990