Date of Birth:  August 20, 1952
 

Education:
1974 — Bachelor of Engineering, First-class Honours, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
1976 — Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok
1978 — Master in Business Administration, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
1981 — Doctor of Business Administration, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
 
Current Position:
2004 – present — President , Kasikornbank Plc

The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday decided to cut the policy interest rate by 75 basis points to 2.0 percent in a bid to boost Thai economy.
Dr.Duangmanee Vongpradhip, Bank of Thailand’s assistant governor for Monetary Policy Group, said the policy interest rate, which has been effective immediately, is now at the same level applied in January 2005.

The BoT assistant governor said the MPC found that Thailand’s exports continued declining while consumption and investment also slowed down while the government’s decision to inject 115-billion-baht supplementary spending budget for …