Chartsiri Sophonpanich

Chartsiri Sophonpanich (Chinese: 陳智深) is the first son of Chatri Sophonpanich (grandson of Chin Sophonpanich, founder of Bangkok Bank), and serves as the bank's President and as a member of the Board of Executive Director's of Bangkok Bank since 1994 & 1992 respectively.^[1]

Chartsiri Sophonpanich was educated in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained an S.M. in Chemical Engineering and an S.M. in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.^[2] After working at Citibank in New York, he returned to Thailand to join Bangkok Bank on February 1, 1986. He gained extensive experience at both operational and managerial levels in various departments at Bangkok Bank including Foreign Exchange Trading, Marketing, Treasury, Investment Banking Group and International Banking Group before being appointed President on December 1, 1994.

In addition to being the President of Bangkok Bank, Mr. Chartsiri is also a Director of Post Publishing Public Company Limited, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University.^[3]

Mr. Chartsiri accepted a 2006 Banker Award on behalf of Bangkok Bank.^[4]

References

1. ^ Bangkok Bank History
2. ^ Bangkok Bank Annual Report (2009)
3. ^ Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University
4. ^ Banker Awards 2006 Winner (Thailand)

External links

• Bangkok Bank History
• Asian Bank Association
• EXIM Thailand Offers EXIMSurance to Bangkok Bank’s Customers, Ministry of Finance
• Bangkok Bank President's biography (Bangkok Bank website)

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