Navarerk Kaewphakdee

Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America

Vice President

Boat is a Vice President in the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Department, with the responsibility of supporting the relationship with some of the largest multination corporations on a wide range of financial solutions across treasury services, trade finance, funding, foreign exchange, and capital markets. He has been a part of the team that successfully executed many of Thailand’s landmark deals such as the largest initial public offering of a Food & Beverage company in Southeast Asia in 2018 and a US$1bln liability management of one of the largest chemical companies in the country.

In addition to his role, Boat also co-founded and leads the Intergenerational Network at Bank of America in Thailand, with the responsibility of fostering collaboration and understanding between teammates from different generations. Since 2020, he has also been the co-Chair of the Young Professionals Committee (YPC) at the American Chamber of Commerce and has hosted numerous networking forums on different topics such as leadership styles, diversity and inclusion, and career development.

Through the YPC’s events, he has helped raised fund to support the Adopt-a-School Program, which provides financial support to procure learning equipment for schools in Thailand’s rural areas. Boat holds a Bachelor of Science (Summa Cum Laude) in Business Management, with a concentration in Finance, from Brigham Young University Hawaii, where he also received the Outstanding Student in Finance Award (top student of the graduating class).

Prior to college, he was nominated for the University of British Columbia’s International Leader of Tomorrow Award and a recipient of the British Council’s Inspire Scholarship to Cardiff Sixth Form College in the United Kingdom. Boat is driven to help businesses in Thailand thrive and tackle challenges through financial solutions and collective collaboration, across both the public and private sectors.