## Tarisa Watanagase

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### Professional summary and key achievements
- Joined the Bank of Thailand in 1975 and served as Governor between 2006 -2010.
- Long career responsibilities at the Bank of Thailand included economic research, money market operation, payment systems, banking sector policy and supervision, and monetary policy.
- Worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. between 1978-1990 and served as an IMF-World Bank FSAP independent assessor in 2002.
- Instrumental in the 1997 Thai crisis resolution and the ensuing supervisory and financial sector reforms.
- Led establishment of the Thai Real-Time-Gross-Settlement (RTGS) system in 1995, the first in Asia, to eliminate settlement risk in high-value fund transfers.
- Contributed to the passage of the new BOT Act in 2008, which guarantees the central bank’s independence.
- Currently a member of the board/advisor to several public, private and non-profit organizations, both domestic and international.

### Education
- B.A. (Econ) and M.A.(Econ), Keio Univ. Tokyo, Japan, 1975
- Ph.D. (Econ), Washington Univ., St Louis, Missouri, 1988
- Ph.D. Honorary (Econ), Keio Univ. Tokyo, Japan, 2007
- Advanced Management Program, Harvard Univ., Massachusetts, Spring 1999

### Major past experiences
- Governor, Bank of Thailand, 2006-2010
- Chairperson, Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of Thailand, 2006-2010
- Chairperson, Financial Sector and Institution Policy Committee, Bank of Thailand, 2006-2010
- Chairperson, Payment System Policy Committee, Bank of Thailand, 2006-2010
- Member, Board of Directors, National Economic and Social Development Board, 2006-2010
- Member, Board of Directors, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand, 2006-2010, 2011-
- Member, Board of Directors, Office of the Insurance Commission, Thailand, 2006-2010
- Member, Board of Directors and Audit Committee, Office of Insurance Commission, 2011-2017
- Advisor to CEO, DTAC, Thailand, on mobile payments, 2012-2014
- Member, International Advisory Panel, State Bank of Vietnam, Vietnam, 2012-2013
- Member, Board of Directors and Audit Committee, the Siam Cement Public Company Limited, Thailand, 2013-2022
- Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 1987-1990, on leave from the BOT
- Member, APD Advisory Group, Asia Pacific Department, IMF, Washington D.C., 2011-2014
- Member, World Bank-IMF Joint Committee on Remuneration of Executive Directors and Alternates, for 2013
- Associate, Alliance for Financial Inclusion, Thailand, 2013-2015
- Senior Advisor, Promontory Financial Group, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 2013-2016

### Major current experiences
- Member, Board of Directors and Risk Committee, the Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group, Japan, since 2017
- Member, Chulalongkorn University Council, Thailand since 2017
- Member, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, since 2020
- Chairperson, Board of Directors, Childline Thailand Foundation, Thailand, since 2017
- Chairperson, Board of Director, Bangkok Patana International School Foundation, Thailand, since 2020
- Vice Chairperson, Board of Directors, Thai-Japanese Association, Thailand, since 2015
- Member, Board of Director, Ramathibodi Hospital Foundation, Thailand, since 2011
- Member, Board of Director, the Heart Foundation of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of the Crown Princess, Thailand, since 2011
- Member, Board of Directors, Private Sector Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption (CAC), since 2012
- Member, Advisory Board, Central Banking Publication, U.K., since 2013

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