Supawan Teerarat

President, National Food Institute, Foundation of Industral Development, Ministry of Industry, Thailand; Former Senior Vice President, Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, Prime Minister’s Office

Mrs. Supawan Teerarat has been working with Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), government agency under Prime Minister's office, dedicate for MICE Industry in Thailand for over 12 years starting from Director of Exhibitions, paving the way for Thailand exhibition to rank no. 1 in ASEAN and later on being promoted to Vice President in charge of Strategic Business Development, currently she is posting as Sr. Vice President, managing 7 Cores Departments of MICE Capabilities, 4 Regional of MICE Offices, Innovation & Intelligence and Government & Corporate Affairs. Till now, she has more than 25 years experiences in MICE & Tourism business, specializes on Exhibitions, Destination Management, Venue Management and organization management.  TCEB generate economic impact to the country around 20,000 million dollar a year from 1.2 millions International Business traveller and 29 millions domestic business travellers.

She serves a member of 2020 COVID Working Committee, Ministry of Tourism & Sports, Thailand and MICE Committee in 5 MICE Cities.

Before joining TCEB, she was in exhibition and convention industries for over 20 years, with full experiences as Professional Exhibition Organiser - BITEC, Venue Management-QSNCC, Trade Representative of Messe Frankfurt & HKTDC and 3 years as Thai hotel chain management with APRIME, working with Diethelm Travel and starting her career as full time instructor at Assumption University and Jewelry exporting business before joining the MICE, travel and hospitality business as abovementioned.