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EABC Speech Dinner with the Governor of the Bank of Thailand on 23 January 2017

Name: EABC Speech Dinner with the Governor of the Bank of Thailand on 23 January 2017
Start: 2017-01-23T18:30:00+07:00
End: 2017-01-23T21:00:00+07:00
Location: Le Grand Ballroom, Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit

January 23, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Invitation to the EABC Exclusive Speech Dinner by our Honorable Keynote Speaker Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob, the Governor of the Bank of Thailand, on Monday 23 January 2017

The EABC would be greatly honoured by your kind participation in our Executive Speech Dinner with Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob. The Executive Speech Dinner is scheduled for Monday, 23 January 2017, starting with registration at 18:00 hours. The audience at this event will comprise of corporate members of the European and International Business Community, the Thai Bankers’ Association and European Members States Ambassadors to Thailand. Thai and International Press and Media will also be present.

Date: 23 January 2017
Time: 18.30-21.00 hrs.
Venue: Le Grand Ballroom, Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit
Price: EABC members and chambers’ members and embassies
2,200 THB per ticket
16,720 THB for table of 8 (5% Discount)
Non-Members
2,700 THB per ticket
20,520 THB for table of 8 (5% Discount)
**All of the above rates are included 7%VAT.
FEATURING • Western Course Dinner, Wine, Beer, Soft Drink are included

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob was appointed the 23rd Governor of the Bank of Thailand, with his five-year term starting on October 1st, 2015. He is a macroeconomist, strategist, and financial professional with more than 20 years of combined experiences in economic policy design, commercial banking, and capital market.

In public policy, he started his career as an economist with the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, he served as a co-director of the Policy Research Institute of the Thai Ministry of Finance. Dr. Veerathai has been a member of the Bank of Thailand’s Board and Monetary Policy Committee since 2014. He has also served as a member of the State-Owned Enterprise Policy and Supervisory Committee and was an advisor of Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).

In private sector, Dr. Veerathai was a senior executive of Siam Commercial Bank, PCL and The Stock Exchange of Thailand. He had also served on the board of leading corporations, including Thanachart Capital PCL, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL, Thai Airways International PCL, and Central Pattana PCL.
Dr. Veerathai received his B.A. (first class honors) in economics from Thammasat University and A.M. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He was awarded H.M. the King Bhumibol Adulyadej award for academic excellence, and his graduate study was sponsored by H.M. the King’s Anandamahidol Foundation.

Dr. Veerathai participates actively in social activities. He has served as the treasurer of the Royal Initiative Discovery Foundation, a member of the executive board of the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives, a member of the board of Mae Fah Luang Foundation, and a member of the board of the Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation. He had also served on the first independent expert oversight advisory committee of the World Health Organization in Geneva.
Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2013.