Chartsiri Sophonpanich

Under Mr. Chartsiri’s leadership Bangkok Bank has received hundreds of awards including Best Bank in Thailand from The Banker and Euromoney magazines. It has also received the Bank of the Year award for six consecutive years from Money and Banking, Thailand's leading monthly business and financial magazine.

Under his leadership, Bangkok Bank has expanded its operations and now has a local network of over 1160 branches, 117 business centers and 126 business desks, and more than 17 million deposit accounts. The bank has 32 international branches in 15 economies, including fully owned subsidiaries in China and Malaysia. Bangkok Bank is the only Thai bank to have a branch in Myanmar where its Yangon Branch opened on 2 June 2015. Along with its successful commercial operations, the bank is also a strong supporter of Thailand’s community and plays an active role in a number of social development and educational initiatives.

Together with his responsibilities at Bangkok Bank, Mr. Chartsiri served as the Chairman of the Thai Bankers' Association from 2002–2005, a member of the Payment Systems Committee of the Bank of Thailand, and a member of the committee of the Thailand Board of Investment. Mr. Chartsiri is also a Director of Post Publishing and a member of the Board of Trustees of Bangkok University and of Singapore Management University.

In 2001 he received the Banker of the Year award from Thailand’s Money and Banking magazine. In 2005 he received the Achievement Award for Leadership in Thailand from the Asian Banker magazine and the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute for exceptional achievement in business. In 2019 he received The Asian Banker CEO Leadership Achievement for Thailand Award 2019.

Chartsiri Sophonpanich (Thai: ชาติศิริ โสภณพนิช , RTGS: Chatsiri Sophonphanit ; born 12 May 1959) is a Thai banker. He currently serves as President of Bangkok Bank, the largest commercial bank in Thailand and one of the largest regional banks in Southeast Asia, and Chairman of Bangkok Bank (China), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bangkok Bank. He held various senior management positions in Bangkok Bank before being appointed President in December 1994 and has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors since 1992.