Inside ASEAN: Thailand
Learn more about the path to the country's economic recovery, the outlook for its banks, and how Thailand is preparing for the net-zero economy.
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Episode 1: Fundamentals to Remain Intact Despite Lagging Recovery
How are higher commodity prices and the slow recovery of the tourism sector affecting Thailand’s economy and banks?
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Episode 2: Preparing Thailand for Sustainability
Discover how Thai companies are incorporating ESG considerations into their businesses, and how market participants are transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
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Niramarn Laisathit is a Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of Bangkok Bank’s Corporate Banking with extensive experience in structuring and negotiating large international project finance deals. She has been involved in most of the private-sector power company projects in Thailand, the gas-fired power plant in Thailand, and renewable energy projects, including wind, solar and waste, in Thailand and across CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) countries.
Ms. Niramarn also has a broad range of experience in general financial advisory services and debt restructuring. She has worked closely on a project to restructure Bangkok Bank’s internal credit analysis, monitoring systems and loan organization.
Ms. Niramarn holds an MBA Finance from the St. Louis Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chulalongkorn University.
Mr. Manop has been appointed Chief Finance & Strategy Officer of SCB X PCL. since April 2022 and has extensively involved in formulating strategy for the new group structure. He had been Chief Financial Officer of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) from June 2020 to December 2022.
Prior to taking on the CFO role, Mr. Manop had been taking a leadership role as Head of International Banking Business/China Business to develop regional banking platforms for SCB especially in China, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Under his leadership, SCB was the only Thai bank to receive “Best Local Bank in Asean for Belt & Road Award” from Asia Money for 3 consecutive years in 2017-2019 and “Best Belt & Road Bank for Thailand Award” from Finance Asia in 2018.
Before joining SCB, Mr. Manop served as Head of China A-share Research at CLSA Shanghai/Hong Kong, specializing in China macro strategy and infrastructure sector investment during 2004-2012. Prior to that, he worked at the Thai Ministry of Finance responsible for state-owned enterprise development policies.
Mr. Manop earned his MBA in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, USA under the Royal Thai Government scholarship and BA in Accounting Information Systems from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He is a certified public accountant (Thailand) and was part-time lecturers at Chulalongkorn University and Fudan University (Shanghai). In 2018, Mr. Manop was awarded “Thai Government Scholar Rising Star Award” from the Royal Thai Government.
Kiat Hau is a senior fixed income trader/credit analyst at Principal Global Investors with research coverage in Asia financials (banks, leasing, AMCs and Lifers) across capital structure. He has built an extensive range of fixed income capabilities through his prior roles in investment advisory and credit analytics with an expertise in trading global IG corporates, financials and EM sovereigns. He started his career at Commerzbank as a fixed income institutional sales analyst covering central banks, asset managers and private banks. Kiat Hau received his Bachelor of Science in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from Singapore Management University.
Tayakorn Jitrakuldhacha is the Director of the Bond Department for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand. His duties encompass the oversight of bond financing including drafting regulations related to issuance and offer for sale of debt securities, supervision of bond market intermediaries, debt capital market monitoring and also relevant disciplinary action and enforcement procedure implementation.
Prior to joining the SECT, Tayakorn served as an attorney-at-law positions with local Siam City Law Firm. He has significant transactional experience in Real Estate and Construction involved in the establishment of the largest wholesales outlet in Asia.
Tayakorn earned a Master of Laws at Durham University, UK and Paul Cézanne University, France.