Chartsiri Sophonpanich (,, 陳智深, Teochew: Tâng Tì-tshim; born 12 May 1959[1]) 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
Chartsiri received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a master's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in management.[2]
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.[3] The bank has more than 300 international branches in 14 economies, including fully owned subsidiaries in China, Indonesia and Malaysia.