Supachai Panitchpakdi

Former Director General of WTO & Former Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Supachai Panitchpakdi’s career has spanned wide-ranging areas, starting off as an officer of the Bank of Thailand, he became Deputy Finance Minister, Commerce Minister, and twice Deputy Prime Minister. In between he assumed for some years the presidency role of a commercial bank, and chairman of several private corporations including an international insurance company. At present he is a board member of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, a founding member of the Asia-New Zealand Foundation, and recently appointed by the UN Secretary General to serve as the High Level Panel of Experts on Recosting.

Supachai Panitchpakdi

Former Director General of WTO & Former Secretary-General of UNCTAD

Supachai Panitchpakdi’s career has spanned wide-ranging areas, starting off as an officer of the Bank of Thailand, he became Deputy Finance Minister, Commerce Minister, and twice Deputy Prime Minister. In between he assumed for some years the presidency role of a commercial bank, and chairman of several private corporations including an international insurance company. At present he is a board member of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, a founding member of the Asia-New Zealand Foundation, and recently appointed by the UN Secretary General to serve as the High Level Panel of Experts on Recosting.

Biography

His international career is noteworthy for the fact that he is the first representative of the developing countries to be appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (2002-2005) and follows that up with two terms as Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2005-2013).

Topics

  • World Trade & Development of Emerging Markets
  • Globalisation and Global Markets
  • Leadership

Publications

  • China and the WTO: Changing China, Changing World Trade (with Mark Clifford) (2002)
  • Globalization and Trade in the New Millennium (2001)

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