Pipit Aneaknithi
President, KASIKORNBANK
A pharmacist turned veteran banker, Mr. Pipit Aneaknithi was appointed as KASIKORNBANK’s president in January 2017. Prior to this, he headed the World Business Division where he steered the bank’s regional expansion, including establishing new banks in China and Laos, and laid a solid foundation for KASIKORNBANK to become a regional bank in AEC+3 countries, a timely move to support deepening trade and investment in the region.
With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Pipit accumulated broad experience covering capital markets, project financing, credit & risk management as well as corporate, SME and retail banking. Joining KASIKORNBANK in the middle of Asian Financial Crisis in 1990s, Mr. Pipit has played an instrumental role in a series of bank’s post-crisis organization transformations. He has spearheaded innovative new business models to both corporate and retail segments, brought in strategic measures to reinvent the bank and achieved sustainable business growth. Currently, he is in the forefront of the re-formation of bank-wide digital strategy, building organizational and talent readiness, gearing up to stay ahead in the digital economy.
Mr. Pipit received his MBA from FH Pforzheim in Germany and University of Brighton in United Kingdom.
-
H.E. Somkid Jatusripitak Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand
-
Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi President and CEO, Thai Beverage PCL
-
Wang Yu Chairman, Spring Airlines
-
Thiraphong Chansiri President & CEO, Thai Union Group
-
Frederic C. DyBuncio President, SM Investments
-
Pipit Aneaknithi President, KASIKORNBANK
-
Yoshihisa Kainuma President & CEO, MinebeaMitsumi
-
Kesara Manchusree President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand
-
Nicolo Galante COO, Central Group
-
Kalin Sarasin Chairman, The Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade of Thailand
-
Pipope Chokwatana Advisor, Saha Pathanapibul
