SPEAKERS

Syetarn Hansakul

Asia Analyst, The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network

Syetarn works in the North Asia and ASEAN sub-regional teams within the country analysis group and is responsible for the coverage and forecasts of Japan, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Before joining the EIU, Syetarn worked at various types of financial institutions, writing speeches and research papers for the senior management at the Bank of Thailand, holding a senior economist role at Deutsche Bank, advising the Asia Pacific Risk team on macroeconomic and country risk. She published several articles under Deutsche Bank Research on various Asian topics. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Singapore-based ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute with a research interest on Thailand economy.

Syetarn holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University where she specialised in International Monetary Relations, International Trade, International Private Law, and Asian Diplomatic History.