Ekniti Nitithanprapas

Ekniti Nitithanprapas currently serves as Director General of the Excise Department at the Thailand Ministry of Finance since 2022.
Ekniti also holds the position of Director at Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd. starting in 2023.
Additionally, Ekniti is the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance for the Government of Thailand beginning in 2025.
Former roles include Chairman at Krung Thai Bank Public Co., Ltd. (2018-2020), Chairman at Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd. (2018-2019), Chairman at TBCO Public Co., Ltd. (2020-2021), Chairman at National Credit Bureau Co. Ltd. (2015-2018), Chairman-Executive Board & Director at Exim Bank Thailand (2013-2015), Chairman at TMBThanachart Bank Public Co. Ltd. (2020-2025), Director at The Siam Commercial Bank PCL (2015-2018), Director at IRPC Public Co., Ltd. (2015-2023), Director at Krung Thai Asset Management Public Co., Ltd. (2014-2015), Director at TSFC Securities Ltd. (2013-2015), General Director at State Enterprise Policy Office (2015-2018), Director General at Revenue Department of Thailand (2018-2022), Director at Thailand Securities Finance Corp.
Public Co. (2013-2015), and Director at PTT Exploration & Production Plc (2023-2025).
Education includes a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University, an undergraduate degree from Thammasat University, and a graduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.