AFET Board of Directors Appoints Dr. Chaipat Sahaskul to Chairman
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Dr. Chaipat Sahaskul, Ph.D. (Economics) has been appointed by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board of Directors – The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET).
He is a very knowledgeable, competent, and well-qualified expertise in Economics, Money Markets, Capital Markets, Management, Strategic Management, Risk Management, and Corporate Governance. His experiences include Secretary-General – The Office of The Agricultural Futures Trading Commission; Member of Board of Governors – The Stock Exchange of Thailand; Executive Committee of the Executive Board of Appeal Committee – The Office of The Securities and Exchange Commission; Senior Vice President and Spokesperson – The Stock Exchange of Thailand; Committee Member, Economics Faculty – Thammasat University, and so forth.
Dr. Sahaskul received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester in New York, USA; M.A. in Economics; and B.A. (First Class Honor) in Economics, both from Thammasat University.
Moreover, he has gone through a number of trainings and held a lot of executive diplomas and certificates, such as, Diploma in National Defence for The Joint State-Private Sector Course (Class 21) – The National Defence College of Thailand; Politics and Governance in Democratic Systems for Executives Course (Class 11) – King Prajadhipok’s Institute; Accounting for Non-Accounting Audit Committee; Certificate, Capital Market Academy Leadership Program (Class 12) – The Stock Exchange of Thailand; International Regulators Symposium 2002 – U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Illinois, USA; International Regulators Meeting – U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and International Futures Industry Conference; Certificate, Directors Certification Program – Thai Institute of Directors Association; Futures and Options Certificate Program – The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Management Problem Solving and Decision Making Program – Kepner Tregoe (Thailand) Ltd.; and People Management Workshop – Kepner Tregoe (Thailand) Ltd.
Dr. Chaipat Sahaskul also wrote a few books and articles, such as, Rice Subsidy Scheme, Year 2004-2005; How To Utilize Agricultural Futures Exchange Mechanisms, The Office of The Agricultural Futures Trading Commission, Year 2008 and 2009; and The Futures Exchange, The Stock Exchange of Thailand, Year 2004 and 2005, etc.