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Ajarin Pattanapanchai

Ajarin Pattanapanchai

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

Ajarin Pattanapanchai was appointed as Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Digital Economy and Society on 1 October 2017. Prior to taking this executive position at the Ministry, she had spent her career at Office of the Board of Investment (BOI) since 1984. During that period, she was involved in many high profile projects development in petroleum & petrochemical sector, chemical sector, energy and alternative energy sector. She was also in charge of formulating investment promotion policy for many target sectors including policy to promote hi-tech industries such as aerospace, medical devices, biotechnology, and R&D in the country. Her major positions in BOI include Director of Planning and Development Division, Director of Chemical Division, Director of Services and Public Utilities Division, Director of Management Information System Division, Senior Executives Investment Advisor, and lastly Deputy Secretary General of BOI.

Ms Pattanapanchai holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, ChulalongkornUniversity, Thailand and a Master of Business Administration, Youngstown State University, Ohio U.S.A.

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