Dr. Santitarn is currently Group Chief Economist of SEA Group, the owner of Garena, Shopee and AirPay. Prior to his current position, he was Head of Emerging Asia Economics, Credit Suisse (Singapore). His work responsibility was analyzing and predicting economy as well as counseling in investment to worldwide funds investing in ten main economies in Asia (Thai, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) Moreover, he worked at Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), Fiscal Policy Research Institute Foundation, and Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University.
Dr.Santitarn holds Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from Harvard University (University’s Scholarship) and master’s degree from Harvard University (The Best Thesis awarded). He received bachelor’s and master’s in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE)
Research Interests
- Finance
- Political Economy