Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, director-general of the Legal Execution Department, has been appointed as the first female secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), effective May 1, 2019.
The cabinet approved Ms Ruenvadee's nomination by the finance minister on Tuesday.
Ms Ruenvadee, 54, started her career at the SEC. Her last position there was deputy director before moving to the Justice Ministry's legal affairs bureau.
She rose through the ranks at the ministry as deputy director of the Office of Justice Affairs, inspector-general and director-general of the Probation Department. She was reshuffled to the top job at the Legal Execution Department by the National Council for Peace and Order in 2014.
Ms Ruenvadee earned a bachelor's degree from Chulalongkorn University's faculty of law, taking first-class honours, before pursuing an MBA at the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School.
The application process for the new SEC secretary-general ran Sept 3-21, according to the SEC website.
The SEC's board of directors sent a list of applicants vying for the position to the Finance Ministry in early October after careful consideration, according to incumbent SEC secretary-general Rapee Sucharitakul.
Mr Rapee did not specify whether there was more than a single nominee on the submitted list, saying he was not in a position to comment on the matter.
"Ms Ruenvadee is equipped with knowledge, skill and experience in various aspects, particularly the capital market, as she worked at the SEC for 11 years," Mr Rapee said.
