Prasarn Trairatvorakul

Prasarn Trairatvorakul
ประสาร ไตรรัตน์วรกุล
Governor of the Bank of Thailand
In office 1 October 2010 – 30 September 2015
Preceded by	Tarisa Watanagase
Succeeded by	Veerathai Santiprabhob
Personal details
Born	(1952-08-20) 20 August 1952 Bangkok, Thailand
Alma mater	Chulalongkorn University Harvard University
Profession	Banker central banker
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Prasarn Trairatvorakul (Thai: ประสาร ไตรรัตน์วรกุล; born 20 August 1952) is a Thai banker. He is former governor of Bank of Thailand.

Education

He graduated with first class honours, gold medal in bachelor's degree of electrical engineering from Chulalongkorn University. He also has a masters of engineering degree in industrial engineering and management from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, a master's degree in business administration, Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A., and a doctor of business administration degree from Harvard.

Careers

He started working as an academic economist at Bank of Thailand in 1983 until 1989. He became secretary of The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand. He worked as president of Kasikorn Bank from 2004 to 2010. In 2010, He was appointed as governor of Bank of Thailand. On 5 February 2021, he was appointed to be Chairman of Stock Exchange of Thailand board of Governors.

References

• "ดร.ประสาร ไตรรัตน์วรกุล" (in Thai).
• "บอร์ด ตลท. เลือก "ประสาร ไตรรัตน์วรกุล" นั่งประธานกรรมการ" (in Thai).