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Pakpoom, who
co-founded The Quant
Group in 1998, spent his
first 5 work years as an
engineer at UNOCAL and
later Hewlett-Packard.
He began his career in
financial services in
1990 as an investment
analyst at Smith New
Court, an affiliate of
N. M. Rothschild.
He later (1992) joined
Nomura Research
Institute Hong Kong
Limited as its chief
market strategist & head
of research for the Thai
market. Amongst other
titles for the five
years he spent at
Nomura, Pakpoom was a
senior vice president &
head of investment
banking at Nomura
International Hong Kong
Limited.
Pakpoom holds a Computer
Engineering degree and
an MBA from Duke
University’s Fuqua
School of Business.
Pakpoom currently
teaches Investment
Banking and Financing in
the MBA program at the
Assumption University,
Bangkok, and is a
frequent guest lecturer
at graduate business
school at Harvard, Duke,
The University of
Chicago, and MIT.
Pakpoom is a board
member of The Board of
Visitors at Duke
University’s Fuqua
School of Business and a
director of Thailand’s
National Pension Fund.
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Napalak
co-founded The Quant Group
with Pakpoom, and she has an
overall managerial
responsibility for the
company’s operations. She is
an authority in the domain
of debt workouts,
reorganization/recapitalization,
and leads the firm’s buyout
advisory group. Amongst
other deals at The Quant
Group, Napalak was lead
advisor in the largest
private equity (US$ 164mn
recapitalization) buyout
deal to date in Thailand,
namely NS Electronics,
advising UBS Capital in the
acquisition of the
semiconductor packaging
company in 2000. She was
lead advisor on the US$
173mn acquisition of
Indocoal (4 coal mines in
Easter Kalimantan), an IBRA
auction, advising BanpuGroup
Plc. As well, she advised on
the US$ 3.5bn merger of
National Petrochemical Corp
Plc and Thai Olefin Corp Plc
(NPC-TOC) to form PTT
Chemical Plc, the largest
merger in the Thai market to
date.
Napalak began her investment
banking career with Nomura
International Hong Kong. She
has a bachelor degree in
Political Science from
Chulalongkorn University, an
MBA from Western Michigan
University and an Executive
MBA degree from the
University of Chicago’s
Graduate School of Business.
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William
is the Managing Director
of The Quant Group
Indonesia. He has spent
almost his entire career
in the Asia Pacific
financial industry.
William started his
financial career at
Barings where he held a
number of
responsibilities
including, Head of
Research Barings
Thailand, President of
Barings Indonesia,
President of Barings
South Korea and
President of Barings
Japan. Thereafter, he
was the Managing
Director at BZW
Philippines, President
of ABN AMRO Securities
Indonesia and President
of ABN AMRO Securities
South East Asia. Prior
to joining The Quant
Group, William was the
Chief Executive Officer
of Bridge Securities
(Korea).
William graduated from
Cambridge University
with B. A. (Honors) in
English and from Reading
University with M. A. in
Applied Linguistics.
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Pariyanuch graduated
magna cum laude in
Business Administration
from the Assumption
University, with double
majors in General
Management and Finance.
She obtained an MBA from
Duke University’s Fuqua
School of Business.
Pariyanuch currently has
a broad responsibility
in investment banking
and prior to this
position she was The
Quant Group’s head of
Oil & Gas practice.
She worked on PTT’s US$
43mn acquisition of
Bangkok Polyethylene Plc
(BPE), US$ 3.5bn merger
of National
Petrochemical Plc and
Thai Olefins Plc –the
first ever amalgamation
of listed companies and
largest merger in
Thailand to date, as
well as the subsequent
divestitures by PTT of
PTT Polyethylene and BPE
to PTT Chemicals Plc.
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Thanawan has a bachelor
degree in Civil
Engineering and a master
degree in Economic Law
from Chulalongkorn
University. As well, he
has an MBA from SASIN.
During his time at SASIN,
Thanawan participated in
the MBA exchange program
at Duke University,
Fuqua School of
Business.
Thanawan is responsible
for power & utilities,
telecom and property
sectors. The power
projects he has been
involved with include
Amata Power, Rojana
Power, Siam Power
Generation, and
Independent Power
(Thailand). His
engagements range from
advising on investment
and joint venture, to
corporate restructuring,
and to acquisition and
divestiture.
Some of his assignments
include the US$ 19.5mn
acquisition of Thai Lift
Industries Plc by Kone,
and advisory service for
Ananda Development in
relation to a joint
venture with TMW
Property Fund with
initial equity of US$
31.5mn.
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Prior to
The Quant Group, Peera
served with Barclays
Capital in London both
with the Infrastructure
Division and Corporate
Finance Advisory
Division. He is
responsible for the
financial services and
food & beverages sectors
at The Quant Group.
Peera was the lead
banker on TPG's
investment in BankThai
-post-completion market
capitalization of US$
450mn. His past
engagements at The Quant
Group also range from
advisory service on
portfolio pruning of
Thames Water to US$ 76mn
recapitalization of
Sunflag (Thailand) Ltd,
to acquisition of
Depcoby Loscam, and to
US$ 570mn project
financing of Trans Thai
Malaysia.
Peera graduated with
MEng in Mechanical
Engineering from
Imperial College.
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Ratchatawan worked with
the Real Estate and
Structured Finance
Division of Lehman
Brothers in Japan before
joining The Quant Group.
Her prior experience
included working as a
Senior Local Officer for
Japan Bank for
International
Cooperation for three
years.
At The Quant Group,
Ratchatawan worked on
the US$ 233mn
acquisition of 41% of
HMC Polymers by PTT, US$
3.5bn merger of National
Petrochemical Plc and
Thai Olefins Plc, and
US$ 80mn asset
acquisition of STACO by
Mitrphol Particle Board.
She also advised EGCO on
portfolio pruning of its
water asset.
Ratchatawan is an expert
in oil & gas,
petrochemical, and water
utilities sectors.
Ratchatawan is a
graduate of Tokyo
University and Duke
University -The Fuqua
School of Business.
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Nitiphon
worked as a financial
consultant with BP
Structured Finance Team
in Chicago before
joining The Quant Group.
He was involved in
several tax-exempt
industrial revenue bond
transactions and was the
lead on the US$1B Public
Energy Authority of
Kentucky Gas Supply
Variable Rate Revenue
Bonds. Some of his
experiences also
included advising
business units on
divestments of
non-strategic pipeline
assets and acquisitions
of NGL related
businesses in North
America, advising BP
Power on valuation and
financing of 520MW
gas-fired cogeneration
plant in Washington
State, and advising an
upstream joint venture
in Argentina on capital
structure and dividend
policy. His prior
experience further
included a financial
analyst for BP Upstream
for 3 years.
Nitiphon graduated with
a Bachelor degree in
Electrical Engineering
from Chulalongkorn
University. He obtained
an MBA from The
University of Texas at
Austin’s McCombs School
of Business.
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Prior to joining The
Quant Group, Tanik was
with
PricewaterhouseCoopers’
Audit and Assurance
Services Division, where
he covered clients in
financial, consumer
products and
manufacturing
industries.
Tanik was also involved
in a number of startup
companies both in food &
beverage industry and in
real estate. He also
interned at Goldman
Sachs.
Tanik graduated with a
Bachelor degree in
Business Administration
from Thammasat
University and holds an
MBA from Duke
University’s Fuqua
School of Business.
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Prior to joining The
Quant Group, Methee was
with Citigroup Thailand
under the Corporate
Banking Management
Associate Program,
during which he
specialized in trade
service and trade
finance.
At The Quant Group,
Methee primarily covers
power utilities,
semiconductor, and
property industries. He
led the execution of the
US$ 86mn divestiture of
UBS Capital’s stake in
NSEB to UTAC, and US$
29mn debt raising of
Puravarna Group. He also
advised EGCO on
financial modeling of
its SPP subsidiary.
Methee graduated with
BSc. in Economics (first
class honor) and MSc. in
Management
(distinction), both from
The London School of
Economics and Political
Science (LSE).
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At The Quant Group,
Pattara assisted senior
bankers in numbers of
transactions in the
petrochemical, power,
and logistic sectors. He
specialized in
telecommunication, and
has worked with many
leading management
consulting firms.
Amongst his experience,
Pattara was involved
with the issuance of an
independent advisory
report on merger between
international quality
inspection companies,
and the acquisition of
Depco by Loscam.
Pattara obtained his
bachelor degree in
International Business
Management
(International Program)
from Chulalongkorn
University. Prior to The
Quant Group, he served
as a business
development officer at
BKC International
Marketing, a food
exporting arm of Saha
Pathanapibul Group.
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Prior to joining The
Quant Group, Akarapat
interned at the Risk
Management Office of the
Export-Import Bank of
Thailand.
Akarapat obtained BSc in
Development Economics
(First Class Honour)
from School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS),
University of London,
after which he went to
Cambridge University to
read M. Phil in
Development Studies
(High Pass) with funding
from Cambridge-Thai
Foundation. He went on
to read economics at the
London School of
Economics (LSE) where he
obtained MSc in
Economics (Distinction)
and MRes in Economics.
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Prior to joining The
Quant Group, Arkadej was
involved in the start-up
of Approved Chemicals
(Thailand), a joint
venture with Singapore
and Malaysia investors.
Arkadej graduated with
cum laude in Information
and Computer Science
(BS) from the University
of California, Irvine,
with minor in
Management.
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Amongst his engagements
at The Quant Group,
Sidhisan has involved in
a joint venture between
Ananda Development and
TMW Property Fund and
has been active in
property sector.
Sidhisan graduated with
First Class Honor in B.
A. Economics Degree
(International Program)
from Chulalongkorn
University
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