Kobsak Duangdee

Secretary General
Thai Bankers’ Association

Kobsak Duangdee has been the Secretary General of the Thai Bankers’ Association (TBA) since January 1, 2015. He has BA in Accountancy (Banking and Finance) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and MBA (Finance) from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. Kobsak has extensive experiences in finance and banking from both local and international financial institutions. He started his banking career with Siam Commercial Bank before joining Bank of Thailand. Then he spent more than 30 years with Scotiabank, Canada, leading businesses in Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Later on, he was a Board Member of Thanachart Bank and Thanachart Securities. He also represents Thailand in the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC), and East Asia Business Advisory Council (EABC). In addition, he is also a Chair of Advisory Group on APEC Financial System Capacity Building, a Chair of Asia Pacific Financial Forum (APFF), and Co-Chair of the Financial and Economic Working Group (FEWG) under ABAC.