Chartsiri Sophonpanich ( th, ชาติศิริ โสภณพนิช, , zh, 陳智深, Teochew: Tâng Tì-tshim; born 12 May 1959) is a Thai banker. He currently serves as President of Bangkok Bank, the largest commercial bank in Thailand and one of the largest regional banks in Southeast Asia, and Chairman of Bangkok Bank (China), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bangkok Bank. He held various senior management positions in Bangkok Bank before being appointed President in December 1994 and has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors since 1992.

Career

Under his leadership, Bangkok Bank has expanded its operations and now has a local network of over 1160 branches, 117 business centers and 126 business desks, and more than 17 million deposit accounts. The bank has more than 300 international branches in 14 economies, including fully owned subsidiaries in China, Indonesia and Malaysia. Bangkok Bank is the only Thai bank to have a branch in Myanmar where its Yangon Branch opened on 2 June 2015. Along with its successful commercial operations, the bank is also a strong supporter of Thailand’s community and plays an active role in a number of social development and educational initiatives. Together with his responsibilities at Bangkok Bank, Mr. Chartsiri served as the Chairman of the Thai Bankers' Association from 2002–2005, a member of the Payment Systems Committee of the

Bank of Thailand The Bank of Thailand (BOT) ( Abrv: ธปท.; th, ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย, ) is the central bank of Thailand. History The Bank of Thailand (BOT) was first set up as the Thai National Banking Bureau. The Bank ...

, and a member of the committee of the Thailand Board of Investment. Mr. Chartsiri is also a Director of Post Publishing and a member of the Board of Trustees of Bangkok University and of Singapore Management University. Under Mr. Chartsiri’s leadership Bangkok Bank has received hundreds of awards including Best Bank in Thailand from The Banker and Euromoney magazines. In 2020 Bangkok Bank won the Bank of the Year award from Money & Banking, Thailand's leading monthly business and financial magazine, the 14th time the bank has received the award since 1985. As of July 2021, he was worth US$1.15 Billion according to ''Forbes''.

Awards

In 2001 he received the Banker of the Year award from Thailand’s Money and Banking magazine. In 2005 he received the Achievement Award for Leadership in Thailand from the Asian Banker magazine and the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute for exceptional achievement in business. In 2019 he received The Asian Banker CEO Leadership Achievement for Thailand Award 2019.

Personal life

Chartsiri is the son of

Chatri Sophonpanich Chatri Sophonpanich ( th, ชาตรี โสภณพนิช; ; 28 February 1934 – 24 June 2018) was a Thai businessman who served as the chairman of the board of directors of the Bangkok Bank beginning in 1999 and he was also one of the C ...

and the grandson of Chin Sophonpanich, the founder of Bangkok Bank. The politician

Kalaya Sophonpanich Kalaya Sophonpanich ( th, กัลยา โสภณพนิช; ; ; born 21 September 1940) is a Thai physicist and politician who served as the Ministry of Science and Technology (Thailand), Minister of Science and Technology from 2008 to 2 ...

is his aunt. Hong Kong politician and businessman Bernard Charnwut Chan is also his cousin.

References

External links

Official Bangkok Bank profile
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Chartsiri Sophonpanich Chartsiri Sophonpanich ( th, ชาติศิริ โสภณพนิช, , zh, 陳智深, Teochew: Tâng Tì-tshim; born 12 May 1959) is a Thai banker. He currently serves as President of Bangkok Bank, the largest commercial bank in Tha ...

MIT Sloan School of Management alumni Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni 1959 births Living people