Pakorn has been appointed as Chief Strategy and Finance Officer, The Stock Exchange of Thailand, since January 2013. In addition, he also oversees the Capital Market Research Institution which is the research arm of the exchange to help strengthen and shape the development of the capital market in Thailand. Prior to this role, he has been Chief Marketing Officer, The Stock Exchange of Thailand, since October 2010. Under this role, he was responsible for the exchange’s products, which are equities, bonds and derivatives, product-related information and market access. On top of this, he supervised customer and channel services to securities companies, retail investors, and domestic and international institutional investors. Since 2014 Pakorn has been appointed as Secretariat, Subcommittee of Capital market reform, National Reform Council, as well as Director and Chairman of Business Supervisory Committee, TSFC Securities pcl.
Before joining The Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2010, Pakorn was a Senior Executive Vice President for Mit Phol Sugar Corp., Ltd. where he supervised the company’s Finance, Information Technology and Risk Management. He has strong treasury background from Siam Commercial Bank PCL as Head of the bank’s Treasury Group and investment experience as Chairperson of the Investment Committee at SCNY Life and as Advisor to the Investment Committee, Government Pension Fund, and a member of the Capital Development Sub-Committee, Ministry of Finance.
Pakorn now serves as a member of the Asian Bond Fund – Thailand Monitoring Committee, Bank of Thailand. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from Boston University.
Research Interests
- Econometrics
- Financial Markets and Asset Pricing
- International Finance