Tarisa Watanagase

Tarisa Watanagase (Thai: ธาริษา วัฒนเกส; RTGS: Tharisa Watthanaket; [tʰāːrísǎː wáttʰánákèːt]; born 30 November 1949) is a former governor of the Bank of Thailand (2006–2010). She succeeded Pridiyathorn Devakula, who was appointed finance minister in the interim government. Tarisa was an assistant governor of the BoT and is the first female governor in the bank's 64-year history.^[1]

Tarisa Watanagase
ธาริษา วัฒนเกส
Tarisa Watanagase in 2010
Governor of the Bank of Thailand
In office 8 October 2006 – 30 September 2010
Preceded by	Pridiyathorn Devakula
Succeeded by	Prasarn Trairatvorakul
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-30) 30 November 1949 (age 75) Bangkok, Thailand
Alma mater	Keio University Washington University in St. Louis
Profession	Economist

Education and career

An economist, Tarisa joined the central bank in 1975. She was appointed deputy governor in 1992. She graduated from Triam Udom Suksa School. She received a bachelor of economics and master of economics from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan and a doctor of economics from Washington University in St. Louis, United States. She attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. She served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund from 1988 to 1990.^[2] She speaks Thai, English, Japanese.