Sutapa Amornvivat is the founding CEO of SCB Abacus. At Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Sutapa previously led the Economic Intelligence Center. She previously set up and led Risk Analytics Division under Risk Management Group. Sutapa currently sits on Subcommittee on Finance, Banking, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets, The National Legislative Assembly.
Before SCB, Sutapa founded Risk Analytics and Research Group at TMB Bank during her secondment from ING Group, where she worked in various departments in risk management. Prior to joining the banking industry, Sutapa was Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC. She had also served as Director of Macroeconomic Analysis Section at the Thai Ministry of Finance.
Sutapa was a recipient of King’s Scholarship. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a doctorate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2007, Sutapa was honored by the Rockefeller Foundation’s Asia Society as Asia 21 Young Leaders Fellow.
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Public Economics