Prior to joining Government Pension Fund (Thailand) or GPF, Dr. Srikanya spent more than 10 years studying and working in Japan and the United Kingdom. She joined GPF in 2010 and was appointed Secretary General in 2020.

Dr. Srikanya is at the forefront of responsible investing in Thailand. She introduced her vision that GPF should become the leader in ESG investing and initiatives in Thailand in 2019. Her successes include integrating PRI’s ESG integration framework and OECD’s responsible business conduct into GPF’s investment process. She has also headed development of ESG valuation framework, formula and methodology – the project that got technical assistance from the World Bank.

Moving GPF ahead towards SDG, she has initiated the revision of Strategic Asset Allocation of GPF to include both an investment paradigm shift and SDG compliance. Her current project, through cooperation with UN Financial Initiatives, is developing the Human Rights heatmap and common Human Rights integration framework for the Thai capital market.

Dan is CEO of NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited (NRF) and a sustainability & climate champion. For more than two decades Dan has been investing into the food and consumer industry with market exceeding returns. He was the first CEO to IPO a purpose driven company on the stock exchange of Thailand with the mission to transform the food system for a more inclusive and sustainable world. In 2020, he joined the sub-committee on environment of the Global Compact Network Thailand, United Nations. With his strong commitment and his passion to change the world he led NRF to be the first company in Thailand to sign the 1.5 degree pledge and first to join the Race to zero. To serve as a leader in the industry, he led NRF to be the first food company in Thailand to be certified as “Carbon Neutral company”. In 2022, he became President of Technology and Innovation Subcommittee, Thailand Carbon Neutral Network and Council Board Member of Thailand Carbon Neutral Network. He has a number of accolades over the years such as Entrepreneur of the year by Bangkok post, Tatler magazine and Master Entrepreneur of The Asia Pacific Enterprise Award 2022. Dan serves on the advisory committee to Unovis Asset Management and the Executive advisory committee of Proterra Partners one of the world’s largest food funds. 

Arsa has served as a CIO at GPF since 2020. He supervises teams in managing Asian and Thai equities, domestic fixed income, credits as well as currency management. Beside his role as Asset allocation committee where he advises and lays out tactical / overlay strategies, he is a main portfolio manager of global government bonds.

Arsa joined GPF from TMB Bank where he managed banking book and liquidity in THB and foreign currencies. His experiences have been in Global markets and Fund management with Standard Chartered Bank (Thai), Citibank and Krungsri Asset Management.

He earned an MBA from University of California Berkeley and Master’s degree in Mechanical engineering from University of Southern California.

Education

Bachelor Degree of Technical Education
King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTMB)
Master Degree of Economics
The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)

Work Experience
The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)
In 1991, he started working for PEA as an Engineer.
From 1991 to 2016, as an Engineer, his responsibilities included inspecting the design of power stations, engineering and testing services, Information business development, planning Information and communication systems including telecommunication management.
In 2016, he was appointed to Expert Level 13 of Electricity Authority Region 3, a position he has held till now.

The Provident Fund of the Provincial Electricity Authority Staff’s (PEA PVDFUND)
In addition to his engineering background, he is also well versed in finance and investment. In recognition, he was appointed by the Governor of the Provincial Electricity Authority to be on the Employer (PEA) Fund Committee in 2019.
He currently holds the post of “Vice Chairman Committee of the Provincial Electricity Authority Provident Fund”, “Chairman of Equity Policy Committee” and
“Vice Chairman of Fixed Income Policy Committee”

Dr. Somjin Sornpaisarn is currently President of The Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA). ThaiBMA main missions include being an Information Center for Thai bond market and a SRO (Self Regulatory Organization) working with member banks and securities companies to ensure a fair and efficient bond market.

He used to be the CEO of TMB Asset Management and ONE Asset Management and the Chairman of Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC) and an Independent Director of TFEX (Thailand Futures Exchange.)

Dr. Somjin got his B. Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, MBA from Thammasat University, MS. in Japanese Business Studies from Chaminade University of Honolulu with Jujitsu Asian Scholarship, and DBA in Finance from the Joint Doctoral Program of Thammasat University, Chulalongkorn University, and NIDA.

Dr.Pisit went to study at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with the Bank of Thailand’s scholarship. Apart from working at Bank of Thailand, he later worked at the IMF in Washington D.C., Bangkok Bank and TT&T. He has helped created the Provident Fund Association and served as President for 2 decades.

Dr. Pisit served H.E. Chuan Leekpai as Deputy Minister of Finance  after the outbreak of financial crisis in 1997. He also served as Dean of Faculty of Economics, Chiangmai University.

Mr. Mathee Supapongse has been the Deputy Governor of Bank of Thailand, in charge of monetary stability since 2015. He also currently serves on the Bank of Thailand Board, the Monetary Policy Committee, and the Financial Institutions Policy Committee. 

Mr. Mathee joined the Bank of Thailand in 1985 and had extensive experience from various positions in International, Monetary Policy, and Economic Research Departments up until 2005. Since then, he assumed directorship of several key departments: Domestic Economy Department, Monetary Policy Department and Risk Management Department, prior to his appointment as Assistant Governor for the Monetary Policy Group in 2014. 

Mrs. Wiriyanupong has been working as an economist at Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), Ministry of Finance, since 2003. At the FPO, she has 10-year experience serving as a policy maker on national pension system and retirement savings. Prior to that, she spent 9 years responsible for financial system policy and international economic affairs.

Mrs. Wiriyanupong received her bachelor of arts in finance and banking from Thammasat University. She received her master of arts in economics from Chulalongkorn University and master of sciences in public management and policy from Erasmus University.

Mrs. Waratchya’s current roles include policy making and overseeing intermediaries and asset management businesses in securities market as well as registrar of provident fund. 

Her extensive experience with the SEC over the past 30 years includes securities offering, mergers and acquisition, corporate governance, supervision of intermediaries, enforcement, investor education and internal management.  Prior to joining the SEC, she worked at the Bank of Thailand and the Bangkok branch of Chase Manhattan bank.

Mrs. Waratchya received her MBA from Kellogg School, Northwestern University, USA, and Bachelor of Accounting (first class honour) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Kasin joined Mercer’s Wealth Business in Thailand in April 2017 as a signing actuary and has since led the team’s development into a provider of integrated retirement and investment solutions. He has extensive experience in pension benefits and governance, pension and policy liability valuation, SAA, ALM, capital and solvency modeling and non-life insurance. He is also involved in various transformation and M&A projects for Thai / multi-national clients, most recently leading the management of a $2.9B deal of post-M&A organizational and career consulting work. He was also heavily involved in the closing of Thailand’s inaugural outsourced chief investment officer mandate and spearheaded the launch of Mercer FundWatch in Thailand.

Kasin holds a Master of Statistics degree (with honors) and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Virginia. He is a fellow member of the Casualty Society Actuaries (FCAS), an executive board/treasury for and a fellow member of the Society of Actuaries of Thailand (FSAT), and was previously a board member of Asia Region Casualty Actuaries. He speaks English and Thai.

Shin Sawada is responsible for developing business in the Asia Pacific and the US at SuMi TRUST. He commenced his career at SuMi TRUST in 2005 and spent his early years as a client relationship manager serving sizeable public pension funds and developing business with financial institutions and endowments in Japan. Although the market started to shrink then, he raised assets by taking a solution-providing approach. In 2013, he moved to London to introduce SuMi TRUST’s capability to European and Middle Eastern institutional investors. He largely contributed to the firm raising assets from Sovereign Wealth Funds and pension funds in the region. After accumulating over 15 years of experience in communicating with Japanese/global investors, now he is active in presenting the current shape of Japan and introducing investment opportunities in the country. He holds a Master of Engineering from Doshisha University and is a Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (CMA).

Win has over 20 years of professional experience in Investment Management. He is currently EVP - Head of High Net-Worth Division, Bank of Ayudhya PCL. His division is responsible for developing HNW segment strategies, building relationship and providing customized services for over 100,000 HNW clients, as well as collaborating among Krungsri Group to enhance investment advice and recommend asset allocation for clients.

Prior to this, Win was Chief Investment Officer of Principal Asset Management. He led a team of 20 to win the prestigious Best Fund House – Domestic Fixed Income Award by Morningstar Thailand for 4 consecutive years. Before that, he was Head of Investments and Deputy Spokesperson of the Social Security Office, Thailand's largest institutional investor with total AUM of US$38 billion.

Win holds a BA in Economics (International Program) from Thammasat University in Bangkok and an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands. His MBA study was sponsored by the Royal Thai Government Scholarship. Win is a CFA Charterholder and is currently President of CFA Society Thailand.

During the weekends, Win teaches finance courses at Thammasat University, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), and Assumption University in Bangkok. He was awarded an Outstanding Civil Servant in 2006 and a Rising Star Economist in 2014. He authored 3 books; ‘Invest Like A Pro’, ‘Career in Finance’ and ‘Career in Finance: Revised Edition’.

20 years of successful experience in investment strategy, product development and portfolio management. 

Chatree is a professional in various capital market fields, including portfolio management, financial product development, financial advisory, investment strategy, and financial risk management. At DAOL SEC, he is the head of strategy & product development, who has innovated financial products both onshore and offshore to meet clients’ needs. 

Triphon Phumiwasana, Ph.D. is the Private Banking Business Head at Kasikorn Bank. Prior to joining Kasikorn Bank, Triphon was the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Asset Management (Thailand), where he also took the responsibility of country CIO and the regional head of product. Triphon also had extensive experience in investment management when he was the Director of Foreign Investment and External Fund Management at the Thai Government Pension Fund (GPF). At GPF, he was responsible for global investment and asset allocation as well as external fund management with the fund under management of 4 billion USD. He was the leader in transforming the foreign investment platform to enhance the efficiency and prepare for further foreign investment expansion. Prior to joining GPF, Triphon is the senior economist at the Milken Institute, the global capital market think tank, where he published several research and co-authored The Rise and Fall of U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets, 2009. He received his Ph.D. in economic with concentration in international finance from Claremont Graduate University. 

Andrew is the CEO of A. Stotz Investment Research, which helps clients create, grow, measure, and protect value, and the co-founder of CoffeeWORKS – Thailand’s leading B2B specialty coffee roaster.

He served two terms as President of CFA Society Thailand and during his investment banking career and was voted the #1 financial analyst in Thailand.

Andrew is also the Worst Podcast host of My Worst Investment Ever podcast, the #1 risk-management podcast that helps future generations reduce their investment risks by learning through the stories of others.

In addition to his three decades in the financial industry and teaching finance, Andrew has written four books and six online courses. Among them, ValuationMasterClass.com – the world’s #1 practical valuation online course.

Dr. Wiput Phoolcharoen is a professional researcher who experts in the field of Public Health, Strategic Management and Public Policy. His work has been mostly focusing on the HIV/AID policy, Health Impact Assessment (HIA), and Health System Strengthening and Development. The importance research project and program that has been supervised by Dr.Wiput in the last few years; such as the Technical Advisory program on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Health Promotion for the Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Review the National Program for the Kingdom of Bhutan to support the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as integrated program into Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Index, and Strategic Public Health Research Development for Health System Research Institute (HSRI). 

In addition, Dr.Wiput Phoolcharoen had been in the Ministry of Public Health to serve as positions which were critical role for policy implementations such as : Director of  Epidemiology Division, Director of AIDS Division, and Director of Health System Research Institute. Furthermore, he has also been the Chairman of Commission for Development of Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Ministry of Public Health since 2009. 

Established, 2019

• Farming and Processing Cricket Products.
• Research and Development
  • Alternative Protein from Cricket, Process development of Cricket protein concentrate powder by sub-critical water extraction and foam mat drying (TED FUND, 2018)
  • Complete sustainable instant feed for house cricket  (Acheta domesticus) to promote and control on productive performances, product qualities, and profits (National Research Council of Thailand, 2021)
  • Use of cricket protein as a novel protein for diagnostic of cutaneous adverse food reactions in dogs. (National Research Council of Thailand, 2021)
  • Effectiveness of cricket protein on muscle mass, oxidative stress, nitric oxide, and physical performance of middle- and old-aged participants and on vascular dysfunction in hypertensive rats. (Co-researcher, National Research Council of Thailand, 2021)
• Exporting countries, Canada, USA, MEXICO and JAPAN

Education

KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY, VET MED                          2010-2016

• Graduated bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine, KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY,2016
  • DAAD Scholarship for Study and Visit, Germany [July, 2015]
  • Memorandum of Understanding Scholarship, Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.[2015]
  • Cooperative program at Freie University Berlin, Germany. [2016] Institute of Virology, Department of Veterinary Medicine

One of Thailand’s outstanding top management in both in both private and public sectors with more than 30 years of experience in leading multinational and Thai companies 

Current Positions 

• Chairman & CEO of V Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 
• Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Committee on Future Food, Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) 
• Board of Director, The Foundation for Education of the Marketing Association of Thailand 
• Board of Director, Agriculture Development Foundation, Chiang Mai University 
• Board of Director, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Thailand 

Previous Positions 

• Chairman of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Foundation, 2010-2018 
• Member of Parliament, The House of Representatives, Thailand, 2011-2013 
• Commerce Minister in the Shadow Cabinet, Democrat Party, 2011-2013 
• Advisor to Prime Minister of Thailand (Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva), 2009-2010 
• Governor of Bangkok (2 terms by election) 2004-2008 
• CEO of TA Orange Co., Ltd. (current True Corporation Plc.), 2002-2004 
• Board of Director, The Stock Exchange of Thailand, 2002-2004 
• President of the Marketing Association of Thailand, 1998-2002 
• President & CEO, GMM Grammy Plc., 2000-2002 (No. 1 entertainment company in Thailand) 
• Managing Director, Frito-Lay Thailand, 1994-2000 (Lay’s : No. 1 snack food in Thailand) 
• Director of Sales and Marketing, Pepsi-Cola International, South East Asia, 1991-1994 (Pepsi : No.1 soft drink in Thailand) 

Education Background 

• Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Management, Kasem Bundit University, 2007 
• Certificate in Advanced Management Program (AMP), Harvard Business School, U.S.A., 1997 
• Master’s degree in Business Administration in Marketing, The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA),1986 
• Bachelor Degree in Food Science and Technology, Chiang Mai University, 1983