Veerathai Santiprabhob is a distinguished macroeconomist and financial professional with over 30 years of experience spanning economic policy design, commercial banking, and capital markets. He served as the 23rd Governor of the Bank of Thailand (2015–2020), where he led the digital transformation of Thailand’s financial system and steered the country’s macroeconomic and financial stability through a period of global uncertainty.

Prior to his governorship, he held senior executive roles at the Stock Exchange of Thailand and Siam Commercial Bank, and contributed to national economic and financial policy as a member of several high-level committees. Internationally, he represented Thailand on the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) and chaired key groups including the BIS Central Bank Governance Group, the BIS Asian Consultative Council, and the SEACEN Board of Governors.

Currently, Veerathai serves as an independent director of several leading corporations and institutions, including SCBX, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, Siam Piwat, and Thai Namthip Corporation. Deeply committed to social impact, he focuses his efforts on sustainability, education, and Buddhism. He chairs the Independent Oversight Advisory Committee of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the board of the Thailand Development Research Institute.

Veerathai holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Economics (First Class Honors) from Thammasat University. He is a recipient of the Anandamahidol Foundation Scholarship, the Eisenhower Fellowship, and the S.R. Nathan Fellowship.