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Dr. ​Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput

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​Name​

 Dr. Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput

Date of Birth​

1 February 1965
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​Educational Background

1986

B.A. (Highest Honors) (Economics), Swarthmore College, U.S.A.

1991

M.Phil. (Economics), Yale University, U.S.A.

1994

Ph.D. (Economics), Yale University, U.S.A.

Career (Present)

1 Oct.  2020

Governor, Bank of Thailand

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Career (Past)

2016 -  Aug. 2020

Director, Osotspa Public Company Limited 
​2015 - Sep. 2020
​Director, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Bank of Thailand
​2014 – Sep. 2020
​Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of Thailand
​2014 – Aug. 2020
​Independent Director, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee and Member of the Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development Committee, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited
​2017 – Mar. 2020
​Member of the Board of Directors, Bank of Thailand
​2012 – Feb. 2017
​Executive Chairman, Thailand Future Foundation
​2011 – Jan. 2018 
Director and Managing Partner, The Advisor Company Limited​
​2000 – 2017
​Visiting Professor of Economics, Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration
​2011 – 2012
Director, TMB Bank Public Company Limited​
​2009 – 2011
​Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) Group
​2008 – 2009
​President, SCB Asset Management
​2007 – 2008
​Managing Director, Head of Research, SCB Securities Company Limited
​2007 – 2008
​Member of Investment Committee, Government Pension Fund
​2005 – 2007
​Senior Vice President, Stock Exchange of Thailand

2001 – 2004
1992 – 1998

Senior Economist, World Bank, Washington, DC

1998 – 2000   

Co-Director, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance

1986 – 1988

​Business Analyst, McKinsey & Co., New York

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Other Positions and Professional Associations (Present)​

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Member, National Economic and Social Development Council

Member of the Board, Securities and Exchange Commission

Member of the Board, Office of Insurance Commission

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​Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput is the 24th Governor of the Bank of Thailand and board member for the National Economic and Social Development Council, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Insurance Commission.

Sethaput has extensive experience in economics, policy and financial markets. He has held senior positions with the Siam Commercial Bank group; the Stock Exchange of Thailand; and the Ministry of Finance, and has served on the Board of Directors at PTT Exploration and Production, Osotspa, TMB Bank, and the Bank of Thailand, where he was also on the Monetary Policy Committee.

Prior to returning to Thailand, he was with the World Bank in Washington, DC and McKinsey & Co. in New York. Sethaput received his BA with highest honors from Swarthmore College and his M. Phil and Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.