NAKARIN AMARASE, Ph.D.
Mahidol University, International College
Bangkok
22
years of professional experience
Strategic-thinking industrial organization economist (Research Joint Ventures Dissertation) with expertise in fostering trust and collaboration (Structural Economic Policy Lab at BOT) to drive collective outcomes (Thailand's Labor Market Measures during COVID-19) by translating common visions (NESDC's National Plan) into implementable actions (Data System Integration: E-Workforce Ecosystem, National Qualifications Framework, and Government's Policies). Expert in economic policy design (TDRI’s Research Project Advisor & CU’s Principal Investigator), human capital development (Ministry of Labor’s Sub-Committees), and real economy - financial sector nexus (Thai Bankers’ Association: Central Fraud Registration).
Work History
Deputy Director
1 Year 10 Months- Supervised the development and utilization of the Central Fraud Registry, the Thai banking sector's data infrastructure developed by NITMX to share and monitor digital fraud management.
- Developed strategic plans to achieve the Bank of Thailand's Objective Key Results (OKRs) about fighting against digital fraud, ensuring alignment with the Bank of Thailand's mission and vision.
- Coordinated cross-organizational teams to successfully execute the anti-digital fraud campaigns on time and within resource constraints.
- Monitored performance metrics and dashboard, analyzing trends to identify emerging fraud cases requiring measures to tackle.
- Promoted collaboration, transparency, and open communication among banks, non-banks, payment service providers, police officers, and government agencies.
Principal Investigator
4 Years 2 Months- Anti-Fraud Ecosystem in Thailand.
- Financial Sector's Digital Transformation and Implications on Thailand's Economy, 2024.
Research Project Advisor
4 Years 11 Months- Thailand's Demand for Human Resources in Research and Innovation
- Policies and measures to support and prevent the impact of COVID - 19 on Labor and Employment Phase 2, 2023
Part-Time Lecturer
12 Years 9 Months- Master of Business Administration in Business Modeling and Development - Economic Analysis for Management-
- Bachelor of Business Administration Program - Monetary Policy
- Bachelor of Business Administration Program - Economic Policy Analysis
Senior Vice President, Head of External Affairs
1 Year 11 Months- Strategized, Streamlined, and Executed Thai banking industry's collaborative projects to cope with economic and social transition. (Represented SCB in Central Fraud Registry Project by designing project's blueprint, fostering project's coordination across banking sectors’ subject matters as well as among industries and regulators, and monitoring/ steering/ debottlenecking to achieve project's milestones).
- Enhanced SCB's performance and competitive edge by connecting to opportunities within the financial and banking industry and across industries as well as optimizing resource allocation and improving communication within the bank. (Supervised the bank's Annual Report 2022 & 2023, Created contents for the 2023 SCB VISION, Represented the bank's corporate strategy office in the BOT's Payment Strategy Forum & Central Payment Service Office, Sponsored the Kasetsart University's Nobel Prize Lecture in Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security: The Growing Interaction Symposium 2023, and Hosted the SCB Insight Day 2024 X CU).
- Strengthened engagement with key stakeholders to foster trust and collaboration across the organization by representing the bank in the Thai Bankers' Association, and other working groups. (Represented the Thai Bankers' Association in ETDA's AI Governance Clinic meeting, Presented at the BOT's Digital Finance Conference 2023, and Presented the Strengthening Fraud Detection Ecosystem with Data Lab in DES & MHESI's AI Thailand Public Hearing 2024).
- Conducted economic research and data analytics to boost potential economic growth through data-driven transformation, digital adoption, human capital development, and green economy transition. (Led the research project: Financial Sector's Digital Transformation and Implications on Thailand's Economy 2024, Co-authored Assessment of Human Capital Demand for STI R&D in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector, and Conducted in-depth research on the Generative AI's impact on Thailand's Economic Growth and Data Security).
Deputy Director
9 Years 8 Months- Supervised structural economic analytics covering topics such as productivity, potential growth, labor markets, sectoral economy, as well as inclusive growth, and enabled Bank of Thailand's data-driven transformation.
- Assistant Director, Economic and Policy Department, 2016-2019
- Personal Assistant to Governor, Veerathai Santiprabhob, 2016-2017
- Team Executive, Macroeconomics Team, 2016
- Senior Economist, Supply Side Policy, Central Region Economy, and Monetary Policy Strategy Team, 2014-2016
- Economist, Supply Side Policy Team, 2013-2014
Assistant Vice President
5 Months- Developed banking models & analyzed banking industry structure- Provided economic insights and estimated impact of industry's shock on banking
Lecturer
3 Years 3 Months- Lecturer, Private Enterprise and Public Policy
- Research Assistant, University Distinguished Professor, Mordechai EKreinin
- Teaching Assistant, Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Economic Development, International Economics, Macroeconomics
Assistant Unit Manager
2 Years 7 Months- Formulated strategies for credit and collateral control process & analyzed bank's collateral portfolio
Education
Ph.D. - Economics
Dissertation: Formation and Sequencing of Vertical Research Joint Ventures
Master of Arts - Economics
Earned the First Semester Exemplary Academic Performance Prize
Master of Arts - International Economics And Finance
B.E., Quantitative Economics - Economics
Honors: Second Class Honor
Skills
Economic Analysis
Data Analysis
Research Methodology
Business Consulting
Strategic plans
Project Management
Partnership Development
Organizational Development
Corporate presentations
Public Speaking
Timeline
Deputy Director
Bank of Thailand
12.2024 - CurrentRead More
Senior Vice President, Head of External Affairs
Siam Commercial Bank
12.2022 - 11.2024Read More
Principal Investigator
Chulalongkorn University
08.2022 - CurrentRead More
Research Project Advisor
Thailand development research institute
11.2021 - CurrentRead More
Part-Time Lecturer
Mahidol University, International College
01.2014 - CurrentRead More
Deputy Director
Bank of Thailand
03.2013 - 11.2022Read More
Assistant Vice President
TMB Bank Public Co. Ltd., TMB Analytics
09.2012 - 02.2013Read More
Lecturer
Michigan State University, Department of Economics
01.2008 - 04.2011Read More
Assistant Unit Manager
Kasikornbank Public Co. Ltd., Credit and Collateral Control Department
07.2003 - 02.2006Read More
Michigan State University
Ph.D. from Economics
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Michigan State University
Master of Arts from Economics
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Chulalongkorn University
Master of Arts from International Economics And Finance
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Chulalongkorn University
B.E., Quantitative Economics from Economics
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Research Interests
- Industrial Organization
- Economic Growth & Productivity
- Data-Driven Transformation
- Financial Markets & Institutions
- Labor Markets & Human Development
- Industrial Structure & Structural Change
Committees
- E-Workforce Ecosystem Sub-Committee: under the National Reform Committee on culture, sports, labor and human resources development, 2022 - Present
- Advisory and Research Review Committee for the National Labor Research Center, 2021 - Present
- National Qualifications Framework's Sub-Committee: Data System Integration, 2020 - Present
- Steering Sub-Committee for the Accelerated Implementation of the Government's Policies as assigned by the Prime Minister: Data System Integration, 2021
- Human Resource Development and Training Coordinating Sub-Committee: S-Curve Targeted Industries, 2021
- National Strategy's Master Plan Sub-Committee: Competitive Enhancement, 2018
- Curriculum Development Committee: Mahidol University, International College, Bachelor of Business Administration Program, Business Economics, 2018
- National Wage Sub-Committee: Bangkok Province, 2018 - 2019
Working Papers
- The Landscape of Digital Fraud in Thailand: Evidence and Policy Implications
- Proof-of-Concept Proposal to Boost Infrastructure of Thailand’s Anti-Digital Financial Fraud Ecosystem with Federated Learning Consortium
- Assessing National Health Security Governance and its Implications from Policy Change
- AI Readiness of Thai Corporate
- R&D Myth: Implication to Economic Growth and Business Performance
- Implication of Post COVID-19 Labor Market Recovery on First Jobber in Thailand
- Thailand's Structural Transformation: Implication on Structural Economic Policy
- Through the Lens of Hotel Business Operator Survey: Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 and Importance of Financial Access and Firm Productivity
- Relationship between Conflict and Labor Market in the Deep South of Thailand
- The influence of firm/industry performance on consumer well-being
- Uncovering Productivity Puzzles in Thailand: Lessons from Microdata
- Bank Competition and Credit Booms: Can Finance be Too Much, Too Cheap?
- Thailand Potential Output
- Thailand's Quest for Economic Growth: From Factor Accumulation to Creative Destruction
Books
- สถาบันการเงินและตัวกลางทางการเงินอื่น, Financial Institutions and Other Financial Intermediaries, 2023, ใน "เศรษฐศาสตร์การเงินและการจัดการทางการเงิน, Monetary Economics and Financial Management", สำนักพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยสุโขทัยธรรมาธิราช.
- บางขุนพรหมชวนคิด 1.0, Bang Khun Phrom Forum 1.0, 2020, ศูนย์หนังสือจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย.
- ระบบธนาคารพาณิชย์ไทยและการกำกับดูแล, Commercial Banking System and Regulations in Thailand, 2018, ใน "กฎหมายกับเศรษฐกิจ : รวมบทความทางวิชาการเพื่อเป็นเกียรติแด่ ศาสตราจารย์ ดร.ศักดา ธนิตกุล ครูของ ฬ ศักดา 60 ปี , A Tribute to Professor Doctor Sakda Thanitcul: A Collection of Articles on Law and Economics", โรงพิมพ์เดือนตุลา.
Newspaper Columns
- ร่วมด้วยช่วยคิด, Synergy of Thoughts, หนังสือพิมพ์ประชาชาติธุรกิจ Prachachart Turakij Newspaper, Thailand, 2021 - Current.
- บางขุนพรหมชวนคิด, Bang Khun Phrom Forum, หนังสือพิมพ์ไทยรัฐ ThaiRath Newspaper, Thailand, 2019 - 2023.
Editorial Responsibilities
- Thailand Labor Market Restructuring, EEC, 2021.
https://eeco.or.th/web- upload/m_magazine/443/49/file_download/29b14b6318c8b49e81dc1e7bec8e40c4.pdf - FAQ: Focused and Quick, Bank of Thailand, 2016-2022.
Presentations
- The Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Goveranance, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Thailand and the Asian Governance Foundation' Thailand's Path to OECD Membership: Reforms, Challenges, Opportunities, 2024
- The Digital Technology User Group Association's Artificial Intelligence & Its Role in the Fight against Fraud, 2024
- Research Institutes Network - Institute of Developing Economies's 2024 RIN Online Workshop II, 2024
- ABAC-APFF Hybrid Roundtable on Promoting Digital Financial Inclusion for the Informal Economy, 2024
- SEC Capital Market Symposium 2023
- Responsible AI - Application and Tangible Use Cases of AI in The Digital Economy, BOT Digital FInance Conference 2023
- ASEAN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: Workshop on Migrant Workers in Response to COVID-19 and Public Health Emergencies, 2023
- Seminar on Effective Employment Services in ASEAN: Challenges in the Digital Economy, 2023
- Research Institutes Network - Institute of Developing Economies's 2022 RIN Online Workshop V, 2022
- Board of Investment (BOI)'s Thailand your International Business & Logistics hub, 2022
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Labour and Social Protection Network Meeting, 2022
- 7th Italian –Thai Business Forum, 2021
- National Statistical Office's Application of Statistics in Public Policy and Business Workshop, 2021
- National Research Council of Thailand's Thailand Research EXPO 2021, ASEAN FWd: Digital Economy Transformation and Future of Work in ASEAN, 2021
- Department of Trade Negotiation's Webinar Series: FTA Roles to Promote Thailand Supply Chain, 2021
- World Bank's Thailand Manufacturing Firm Productivity Report Launch, 2020
- Department of Employment's Impact of COVID-19 on Job Promotion Report Launch, 2020
- Social Security Office's Annual Seminar on Driving a New Normal, 2020
- King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok Workshop on Strengthening Thailand's Industrial Business: A Post COVID-19 Perspective, 2020
- Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation: TDRI's Labor Market Indicator Workshop, 2020
- Collaborating Centre for labor research, Chulalongkorn University: CU-ColLaR's Labor Market after COVID-19 Workshop, 2020
- Department of Skill Development Workshop, 2020
- World Bank's Thailand Economic Monitor Report Release, 2020
- The 4th NIDA (National Institute of Development Administration) Business Analytics and Data Sciences Conference, 2019
- World Bank's Regional Workshop on Using Labor Market Information for Addressing Skills Imbalances in South-East Asia, Kuala Lumpur 2019
- The 6th Annual International Conference on Central Bank Business Surveys, Warsaw 2015
- The AEC and its Impact on Thailand's HR: Opportunities and Challenges, 2014
- Bank of Thailand Symposium 2014: Rethinking Finance for Sustainable Growth, 2014
- Economy of Tomorrow for Socially Just, Sustainable & Green Dynamic Growth, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung & Thailand Development Research Institute, 2013
- Monthly Economic Workshop, Bank of Thailand, 2013
- International Conference on Innovation, Trade and Economics, Hong Kong, 2012
- Theory Brown Bag Seminar, Michigan State University, 2010
- Red Cedar Conference, Michigan State University, 2009
Name In Thai
ดร. นครินทร์ อมเรศ
Awards
- Special Performance-based Incentives for Enabling Key Behaviors, Bank of Thailand
- Star Award, Corporate Social Responsibility, Bank of Thailand
- Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University
- Graduate Assistantship, Michigan State University
- First Semester Exemplary Academic Performance Prize, Michigan State University
- Exemplary Performance Award, Kasikornbank Public Co. Ltd.
Publications
- Generative AI: Enabler to Uplift Thai SME's Potential, 2024 https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/file/product/9671/h2n9glj94p/In-focus-Generative-AI-20241129.pdf
- Thailand's Anti-Digital Financial Fraud Ecosystem Design, 2024 https://www.econ.chula.ac.th/download/research/Nualnoi/09-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C-Thailand%27s%20Anti-Digital%20Financial%20Fraud%20Ecosystem%20Design-final.pdf
- Financial Sector’s Digital Transformation and Implications on Thailand’s Economy, 2024
- A Portrait of High-income Thailand: Future Labor Market Outlook, 2023 https://d-arch.ide.go.jp/RIN/common/pdf/2022_ws_5-3_nakarin.pdf
- A Portrait of High-income Thailand: Future Labor Market Outlook, 2023 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DL6YJoSu7gzksiOg1iSTsVMedm8P9D-X
- Relationship between Conflict and Labor Market in the Deep South of Thailand, 2022 https://www.pier.or.th/abridged/2022/17/
- E-Workforce Ecosystem: Optimizing National Workforce Management, 2022 https://tpqi.go.th/downloadFile.php?WP=qUqcMUuCpWOghKstGREgFJqeqPMcAUtkpQWgZ3qCGWOghJstqREcFKuw
- Thailand Manufacturing Firm Productivity Report, 2020 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/c99de724-a22c-558a-a3d9-48d42c0eda33/download
- Boosting Productivity, 2020, in World Bank's Thailand Economic Monitor Productivity for Prosperity http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/394501579357102381/pdf/Thailand-Economic-Monitor-Productivity-for-Prosperity.pdf
- Two Perspectives On Thai Wages, 2019 https://content.botlc.or.th/mm-info/BOTCollection/BOTFAQ/FAQ151.pdf
- Uncovering Productivity Puzzles in Thailand: Lessons from Microdata, 2017 https://www.pier.or.th/files/dp/pier_dp_073.pdf
- What Stalled Thailand’s Structural Transformation and Way forward: A Labor Market Perspective?, 2015 https://www.bot.or.th/content/dam/bot/documents/th/research-and-publications/research/discussion-paper-and-policy-paper/ThailandLaborMarketRestructuring_FullArticle.pdf
- From “Tom Yam Kung Crisis” to “Bangkok Shutdown”: Thailand Tourism Demand Structure (1997-2014) and Marketing Implication, 2015
- Labor Reallocation and Economic Growth in Thailand, 2014 https://www.bot.or.th/content/dam/bot/documents/th/research-and-publications/research/faq/FAQ_92.pdf
- Sequencing of Vertical Research Joint Venture Size, 2012
References
- Thomas D. Jeitschko, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michigan State University, jeitschk@msu.edu, (1)517-355-8302
- Veerathai Santiprabhob, Former Governor, Bank of Thailand, Veerathai@bot.or.th, (66)2-283-5010