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: 

1. 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 

1. 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 

1. 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

1. 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 

1. 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