Tarisa Watanagase

Tarisa Watanagase ( _th. ธาริษา วัฒนเกส, born 30 November 1949) is the governor of the Bank of Thailand. She succeeded Pridiyathorn Devakula, who was appointed finance minister in the interim government. Tarisa was an assistant governor of the BoT and is the first female governor in the bank's 64-year history. [Thai News Agency, October 17, 2006. [http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=25460 Thailand's central bank gets first female governor ] , MCOT.]

An economist, Tarisa joined the central bank in 1975. She was appointed deputy governor in 1992. She graduated B.E. and M.E. from Keio University, Tokyo Japan in 1973 and 1975 respectively, and then she obtained the Honorary Ph.D. from Keio University, Tokyo Japan in 2007 [http://www.keio.ac.jp/english/news/2007/070508.html] . She also holds a doctoral degree in economics from Washington University, USA and has experience in every key department, including monetary policy, money market, supervision and payment systems. She served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund from 1988 to 1990. [Srisukkasem, Anoma. October 18, 2006. [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/18/headlines/headlines_30016476.php Tarisa becomes BOT's first female chief] , "The Nation".] Not only Thai and English, but she can fluently speak Japanese also.

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