3rd Annual Thailand Investors Forum

Pramook is head of Krungthai’s CIO office. He is responsible for asset side solutions for Krungthai Bank’s clients including market strategy, product advisory and investment consultancy. Prior to Krungthai Bank, he was head of foreign investment fund management at Kasikorn Asset Management for 10 years. Pramook has a MBA degree from University of Tennessee, Knoxville and BA from Chulalongkorn University.

Thiyachai Chong is the Executive Vice President and Head of Wealth Management & Preferred Segment at CIMB Thai Bank, where he leads the bank’s end-to-end wealth management strategy across various products. Previously, he was Managing Director at Phillip Asset Management Thailand and Director at Phillip Life Assurance, where he led a turnaround by launching top-performing offshore funds. He also spent seven years consulting for Thomson Reuters in New York and Vancouver, advising top financial institutions on investment and risk strategies. Thiyachai began his career at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of British Columbia, with a postgraduate exchange in Developmental Economics at the University of Cape Town.

In his CIO role, Patrick oversees the investment activities within the Family Office across all asset classes. Patrick serves as a Director of SEKSL, holding various responsibilities within the wider Family Office. Prior to SEKSL, Patrick spent over 25 years in Financial Services. In his last role as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse Asia Pacific covering UHNWI clients, he was based in the Private Bank’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices (2007-2018). Before moving to Asia, he worked for the bank in Zurich in various roles. Patrick also spent five years with ABB Financial Services in Switzerland and the United States in multiple functions. Patrick holds a degree in International Finance & International Marketing from American University in Washington D.C. (magna cum laude).

Having joined OMERS Asia in January 2021 in the Capital Markets team, Ani is responsible for building out the public and private credit capabilities for OMERS in Asia. Working closely with the regional and global OMERS teams as well as with external counterparties, the Asia credit team looks to build a diversified and sustainable pan-Asia performing credit strategy focused on absolute returns. Prior to joining OMERS, Ani was a portfolio manager at Nexus Investment Advisors HK where he managed long-biased absolute return credit funds, and was a senior member of the team managing private credit capital. Ani has over 18 years of research and investing experience in the Asian credit markets, and has previously worked at long-short Asian credit funds as well as led industry-leading teams at Bank of America Merrill Lynch looking at public and private credit. Ani started his career in India in 2001 with ICICI Limited, and has a keen interest in understanding and underwriting the regional growth story in Asia. Ani is a Chartered Accountant by training, and holds a Post-Graduate degree in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad

Raymond Cheng is the Chief Investment Officer, North Asia, overseeing investment strategy across Greater China, Taiwan, and Korea. He was formerly Head of Asia Equity Strategy at J.P. Morgan Private Bank and held leadership roles at Bank of Communications International and Bank of China International. A CPA and CFA charterholder, he holds an MBA from NYU Stern and a BCom from the University of Toronto.

Alvin is Head of Investment Management at Income Insurance. He oversees the team which focuses on selection of both public and private markets fund managers for balance sheet and investment-linked products. Over a career spanning 20 years, he had held investment-related roles at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Head of Funds at Bank of Singapore and (Founding) General Manager at a Single Family Office.

He holds a Master of Financial Engineering and Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Hons) from the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University respectively. He holds the CFA, CAIA, CFTe and AWP designations.