CIGS Seminar："Recent Development of the Thai economy - Opportunities and Challenges"

Seminar's outline
Title： "Recent Development of the Thai economy - Opportunities and Challenges"
Presenter： Chantavarn Sucharitakul (Senior Director, International Dept., the Bank of Thailand)
Moderator： Daisuke Kotegawa, CIGS Research Director

Presenter's Introduction
Education:
Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (B.C.A.)
・Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 1981-1984
・Master of Economics of Development, Australian National University, Australia, 1984-1986

Career:
・Since October 2011, Senior Director, International Department, the Bank of Thailand
・Nov 2010, Senior Director Financial Institutions, Monitoring and Analysis Dept., Supervision Group
・Nov 2008-Oct 2010, Senior Director, Bank of Thailand Northern Region Office, Chiang Mai
・Nov 2006-Oct 2008, Alternate Executive Director for South East Asia, International Monetary Fund -IMF Washington DC, USA
・2003-2006, Director, International Economics Dept
・1999-2003, Assistant Director, Monetary Policy Group (in charge of Monetary /Fiscal/ Financial System Development)
・1986, Economist, Economic Research Dept, the Bank of Thailand

Other assignments
・Secondment to the economics staff team, Prime Minister's Office 1998-1999 during Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (liaison officer for the Bank of Thailand)
・Member of the Thai negotiation team on Financial Services Liberalization, WTO and member of the FTA negotiation team for Thai-US, Thai-Japan, Thai-Australia, Thai-NZ
・Worked on the Bilateral Swap Arrangements (Chiang Mai Initiatives-CMI) and the People's Bank of China-BOT Bilateral Swap Arrangement
・Secretariat to the Committee on Development of Human Resources for the Financial Industry under the Financial Sector Master Plan II