Veerathai Santiprabhob
Veerathai Santiprabhob () (born 25 December 1969) was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2020. Early life and education Veerathai was born on December 25, 1969, the son of Police General Prathin Santiprapop, former Chief of Police and Kuntala Santipipop. He had three brothers and sisters. He was the grandson on the maternal side of Phraya Bhichai Ronnarongsongkharm (Thongdee Jarutat), former commander of the 1st Division and Bupha Bhichai Ronnarongsongkharm. He was educated at Thammasat University (BA Economics, 1988) with first class honors and receiving 4 gold medals for academic assistance and another 1 medal was awarded to Bhumibol Scholarship throughout the period of studying at Thammasat University and he graduated with a degree in economics at the age of 18. After that, he was awarded an Anandamahidol scholarship and studied for a master's degree and doctorate degree at Harvard University (MA Economics, 1991; PhD, 1994) he completed a doctorate in economics at the age of 24 by doing the thesis "Financial Liberalization in Southeast Asia" under Dwight H. Perkins. Career Veerathai started working at the International Monetary Fund at Washington DC, which advises governments and central banks of member countries. When