Worapot Manupipatpong
Director

Brief Biography

Worapot Manupipatpong is currently the Director for Capacity Building and Training at the ADBI. Prior to joining ADBI in August 2007, he worked for the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, as a Director for Finance and Surveillance from 1999 to 2003, Director for Finance and Integration Support from 2004 to 2006 and finally, Principal Economist and Director until July 2007. He coordinated regional cooperation activities in a wide range of sectors including finance (the ASEAN Surveillance Process, the Chiang Mai Initiative and the Asian Bond Markets Initiative), research (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia ), statistics, infrastructure, science and technology. He also coordinated regional integration initiatives such as the Roadmap for Financial and Monetary Integration of ASEAN, the ASEAN Economic Community, the East Asia Free Trade Agreement (Phase II), and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia .

Prior to joining the ASEAN Secretariat, he worked in the banking and corporate sectors and served as a lecturer in Finance at Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand .

Mr. Manupipatpong earned his Ph. D. in Finance from the Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania in 1989.

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