Dr. Ekniti Nitithanprapas

Age :

Starting Date

Director: 3 April 2023
Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee: 31 March 2025

% of Shareholding

- None - / Spouse - None -

Family Relationship among Director and Executives

- None -

Education

Ph.D. (Economics/Macroeconomics and International Finance), Claremont Graduate University, USA
Master of Science (Economics/Policy Economics), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Bachelor of Economics (Honors), Thammasat University

Holding Directorship or Executive Positions in Companies Listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand / or not more than 3 Organizations in which a State Enterprise is the Shareholder (not exceeding 5 entities in total)

2020 – Present Chairman, TMBThanachart Bank Public Company Limited

Holding Directorship or Executive Positions in a Business Entity Not Listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand

2024 – Present Director General, The Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance
2020 – Present Governing Board of Tax Inspectors Without Borders, OECD & UNDP

Useful Past Experiences for PTTEP

2023 – 2024 Director, Chairman of the Innovation Management Committee, and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Company Limited
2022 – 2024 Director General, The Excise Department, Ministry of Finance
2020 – 2021 Chairman, Thanachart Bank Public Company Limited
2018 – 2020 Chairman, Krungthai Bank Public Company Limited
2018 – 2019 Chairman, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited
2018 – 2019 Director, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited
2018 – 2022 Director General, the Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance
2016 – 2023 Director and Member of the Risk Management Committee, IRPC Public Company Limited
2015 – 2023 Director, IRPC Public Company Limited
2015 – 2018 Director and Member of the Nomination, Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee, The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited
2015 – 2018 Chairman, National Credit Bureau Company Limited
2015 – 2018 Director General, State Enterprise Policy Office, Ministry of Finance
2015 – 2018 Director and Secretary, The Private Investment State Undertakings Policy Committee
2015 – 2018 Director and Secretary, The Steering Committee of Vayupak Fund
2015 – 2018 Director, The Investment Committee of Vayupak Fund

Training of Thai Institute of Directors Association

ESG in the Boardroom: A Practical Guide for Board 0/2023
ESG as a vehicle for Business Transformation 2022
Director Leadership Certification Program (DLCP) 2/2021
Risk Management Program for Corporate Leaders (RCL) 25/2021
Role of the Chairman Program (RCP) 45/2019
Board Matters and Trends (BMT) 4/2017
Role of the Nomination & Governance Committee Program (RNG) 8/2016
Financial Statements for Directors (FSD) 29/2015
Corporate Governance for Capital Market Intermediaries 4/2015
Director Certification Program (DCP) 93/2007

Other Training

Internal Lectures by PTTEP on Decarbonization
Internal Lectures by PTTEP on Sustainability
Hot Issue for Directors: Climate Governance (Class 1), The Stock Exchange of Thailand and The Thai Institute of Directors Association
Director Forum: Engaging Board in ESG: the Path to Effective Sustainability, The Stock Exchange of Thailand and The Thai Institute of Directors Association
The Wellness and Healthcare Business Opportunity Program for Executives (Class 2)
The Cullinan: The Making of Digital Board (Class 1), Ministry of Digital Economy and Society in Collaboration with The Digital Economy Promotion Agency and Thailand Management Association
Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Digital Marketing Strategy, Open Banking and Virtual Banking, and ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance, TMBThanachart Bank PCL.
Internal Ratings-Based Approach (IRB), Overview of Fund Transfer Pricing, Bank KPI Setting in Practice, and Generative AI In Banking, TMBThanachart Bank PCL.
Security Awareness Training: Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience, TMBThanachart Bank PCL.
2020 Cybersecurity and Privacy for BoD, Personal Data Protection Act และ Economic and Sectoral Outlook: A High-Frequency Data Perspective, TMB Bank PCL.
Cyber Resilience Leadership: Tone from the Top (Year 2020) and Cyber Resilience (Year 2019), Bank of Thailand
Oxford Programme on Negotiation in Bangkok (Year 2019), Saïd Business School of Oxford University, UK
The Program for Senior Executives on Justice Administration (Class 24), Judicial Training Institute
The Civil Service Executive Development Program (Year 2011), Office of the Civil Service Commission
Advanced Certificate Course in Public Administration and Law for Executive (Class 9), King Prajadhipok's Institute
Financial Markets and New Financial Instruments (Year 2009), International Monetary Fund Institute

Vision in managing the Company's business

Strengthen PTTEP’s position as the key pillar to ensure energy security of the country by enhancing efficiency of petroleum exploration, production, and investment. Develop proper collaboration concerning petroleum fields in an international scale.
Drive the diversification of PTTEP upstream business into new business areas of upstream exploration, development, and production such as hydrogen and green hydrogen, including driving the development of Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage in Thailand which has geographic potential in expired and expiring petroleum fields in order to achieve Carbon Neutral and Net Zero Emission goals.

Vision in performing duties that comply with Good Corporate Governance of PTTEP

Govern PTTEP business to ensure compliance with ESG principles to avoid risks in concerned categories and create the value of sustainable organization.
Promote ESG value towards management of investment projects by having ESG embedded in investment principles.
Promote the integration of E&P business, information disclosure, and knowledge sharing to investors in order to create PTTEP’s sustainability and value at policy level. Follow up to ensure that PTTEP operations are conducted in compliance with the laws and good corporate governance.

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