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Dr. Twarath Sutabutr is currently the President of the Office of Knowledge Management and Development (OKMD) - a public organization under Thailand’s Prime Minister’s Office. He has recently been transferred from the Ministry of Energy where he has served for 23 years. Dr. Twarath has experiences in a wide range of public policy coordination and initiatives such as renewable energy, scenario planning and international cooperation within the Sustainable Development spaces.
Prior to this current position, he served as Chief Inspector-General attached to the Ministry of Energy from 2018, and as a Director-General of Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) from 2015, Deputy Permanent Secretary from 2014 and Deputy Director-General of Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency from 2009 to 2014. Moreover, when he served as Director of Policy and Strategy Coordination Office, he assumed parts of the work with National Economic and Social Development Board in energy infrastructure development planning, and involved in liberalization of electricity and natural gas sectors, which led to his strong relationship with major energy players in Thailand such as Energy Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and PTT Public Company Limited, resulting in the successful development in such energy sectors.
Apart from Energy industries, Dr.Twarath also serves many positions in the Education space such as Board of Trustee at Konkhean University (KKU), Siam Technology College (STC), and as Executive Committee at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). He was a special advisor to the Teach-for-Thailand Foundation, a social enterprise set up to create small changes in Thailand’s educational system, from 20020 – 2021.
Dr. Twarath holds Sc.D. in Civil and Environment Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
