Duangjai ASAWACHINTACHITSecretary General, The Board of Investment of Thailand

Date of Birth: September 23, 1962 

Education:

Bachelor of Arts (French), Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, 1984

MBA (Finance and International Business), Indiana University, 1989

Work Experience

July 2010-Present    Deputy Secretary General, Office of the Board of Investment

October 2008-July 2010 Assistant Secretary General, Office of the Board of Investment

October 2005- October 2008  Director, Investment Marketing Bureau, Office of the Board of Investment

July 2000-August 2005 Director, Thailand Board of Invest ment, Paris Office (responsible for attracting inward investment from Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK)

1998-June 2000  Assistant Director, International Affairs Division, Office of the Board of Investment

1997-98  Chief, Thai Overseas Investment Unit, Office of the Board of Investment

1991-97  Chief, North American and Multilateral Affairs Section, International Affairs Division, Office of the Board of Investment

1989-91 International Affairs Division, Office of the Board ofInvestment

1984-89 Project Development Division, Office of the Board of Investment

Languages: English (fluent), Thai (native), French (good) and Chinese (basic)

Published Works:

1994: “Impacts of the Uruguay Round Negotiations on Thailand’s Investment and Industrial Policies” published in the Sukhothai Thammathirat University Journal (Thai)

1995: Doing Business in the Greater Mekong Subregion (English)

1995: Guide to Investing in the People’s Republic of China (Thai)

1999: “WTO and Investment Issues” published in the journal of the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University (Thai)