A new Board has now assumed office at the Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation. The 11-member Board includes representatives from academia, business, the social sector, and public life as well as subject experts who have made a mark in their respective fields.
The new Board held its first meeting on August 11, 2021, replacing the previous Board, which guided the School during its inception stage. Tenure of the Board is two years. The Board plays a role of guide and mentor in charting the course of the newly established School of Integrated Innovation (ScII).
The Board is headed by the President of Chulalongkorn University, Professor Bundhit Eua-arporn, and includes five other members of Chulalongkorn University, including Vice President for Strategic Planning, Innovation and Global Engagement Assoc. Prof. Natcha Thawesaengskulthai; Director of the Sasin School of Management Professor Ian Fenwick; ScII Executive Director Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai (Member Secretary); Assoc. Prof. Jittichai Rudjanakanoknad of the Faculty of Engineering; and Santhaya Kittikowit, Assistant to the President for Innovation Affairs Innovation, the latter two also due to serve as Assistant Secretaries to the Board.
External Members include:
- Ms. KobkarnWattanavrangkul
Current Positions
Chair, Board of Kasikorn Bank
Chair, Toshiba Thailand Company Limited
Director, Thai Toshiba Lighting Company Limited
Director, Thai Toshiba Electric Industries Company Limited
Past Positions
Minister of Tourism and Sports
Member of the National Legislative Assembly
Member of the Special Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister
- Mr. Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi
Director, President, and CEO, Thai Beverage Public Company Limited
Director and Chair of the Executive Committee, Univentures Public Company Limited
Independent Director, Siam Cement Public Company Limited
Director, Fraser and Neave Limited
Director, Thai Group Holdings Public Company Limited
Vice Chair and Chair of the Executive Committee, Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company Limited
Member of the Advisory Board, Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University
- Mr. Pichet Sithi-Amnuai
Vice Chair, Stock Exchange of Thailand
Board Member, Bualuang Securities Public Company Limited
President, Bualuang Securities Public Company Limited
Board Member, Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations
Chair, Association of Thai Securities Companies
- Dato’ Steve Cheah
Advisor, BerliJucker Public Company Limited
Former Advisor, Thailand Board of Trade (Thai Chamber of Commerce)
Head of Mission, Diplomatic Council (UN reg) to CLMTV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam)
Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Thailand
Former Chair, SME Committee, Joint Foreign Chamber of Commerce Thailand
Founding Director, Mexican-Thai and Brazil-Thai Chambers of Commerce
- Mr. Barak Sharabi
Founder, Infinity Technologies
Former Head of Economic & Trade Mission, Israeli Embassy to Thailand, covering Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia
Former Israeli Air Force
Founder of SPHERE 8 Company, Thailand
Founder of SPHERE 8 Finder, a Thailand-based Technology & Innovation portal and partner of the Israel Startup Nation Central Global Finder
Co-Founder of SPARK, Thailand National Startups Accelerator, National Innovation Agency (NIA)
Co-Founder of Corporate SPARK, Thailand National Corporate Innovation Program, National Innovation Agency NIA
