Bangkok--1 Oct--SET The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has appointed Mr. Kobsak Pootrakool, Ph.D., as the SET Research Institute Executive Director, to oversee both the Institute and SET’s Strategies Development Dept., Research and Information Division. His term will be from October 1, 2007 — September 30, 2008. He comes to SET as part of the staff exchange program with the Bank of Thailand (BoT). Dr. Kobsak has been working at the BoT since 1996. He has extensive experience in macroeconomics and has written a number of notable research articles. Prior to joining the Exchange, he was a Divisional Executive at the Domestic Economy Dept., Monetary Policy Group, Bank of Thailand. He contributed to the development and formulation of economic policy including inflation-targeting, the Thai financial sector master plan, the application of sufficiency economy to macro-economic development, cross-border capital flows framework used in free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, financial sector liberalization, as well as savings and education. Dr. Kobsak received his Ph.D. in Macroeconomics and International Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. He had earlier graduated in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College, U.S.A. For more information, please contact the Corporate Communications Dept.: Ladawan Kantawong Tel: 0-2229-2036 / Sarinluck Jitkawong Tel: 0-2229-2037 / Nattaporn Boonprapa Tel: 0-2229-2049 / Watsamon Saowakhonsathien Tel: 0-2229-2797