Somchai Sujjapongse
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Thailand
Somchai Sujjapongse, Ph.D. serves as Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Finance. Previously, he held various significant positions at Ministry of Finance such as a Director-General, The Customs Department, Director-General, Fiscal Policy Office and Director-General, State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO).
Beside Ministry of Finance jobs, he also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Government Savings Bank (GSB) and director of IRPC Public Company Limited.
Mr. Sujjapongse received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in economics from the Ohio State University, U.S.A., and a B.A. in economics from Chulalongkorn University. He also received certificate from Energy Literacy Leadership Program (Class 3), Thailand Energy Academy, Corporate Governance Program for Directors and Top Executives of State Enterprises and Public Organizations, Public Director Institute (PDI), King Prajadhipok's Institute, Top Executive Program in Commerce and Trade (TEPCoT) (Class 2), Commerce Academy, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, The Joint State-Private Sector Course (Class 20), National Defense College of Thailand (2007-2008) and Executive Program, Capital Market Academy (Class 2).