Kiatnakin Phatra and Sripatum University to host APEC Voices of the Future 2022

Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group (KKPFG) and Sripatum University on August 30 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to host the meeting of youth leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, also known as “APEC Voices of the Future 2022” or APEC VOTF 2022, which will be held in Thailand in parallel with the APEC CEO Summit 2022 between November 13-19, 2022.

The event aims to provide opportunities for potential youths from 21 APEC economic zones to engage in activities that promote the exchange of perspectives and solutions on issues related to the future of economies in the Asia-Pacific region. Youth leaders will also be able to listen to the visions of executives from the world’s leading companies attending the APEC CEO Summit. The MOU signing ceremony at Sripatum University also introduced Thailand’s representatives who will join the APEC Voices of the Future 2022 programme as well as their educators.

Kullanun Santaivo, Group President of Individual Clients at Kiatnakin Phatra Securities Plc, said KKPFG believes that the APEC Voices of the Future programme will help boost the potential of Thai youths at the international level and that these youths will play a crucial role in Thailand’s development in the future. 

“In the past 5 years, KKPFG has been tasked by APEC Voices of the Future’s programme manager to select Thai youths to be the country’s representatives in the meeting, which is held annually among member countries. We have also designated our qualified personnel to be educators of these youths to provide them with knowledge and expertise in economic development,” she said. “As Thailand is hosting the APEC Summit this year, KKPFG is expanding its partnership across the education and child development sector, including Sripatum University which has helped us in selecting youth representatives at the university level and hosting opinion exchanging public forums. We believe that the collaboration with these partners will help Thailand achieve the goal of this year’s APEC meeting under the concept of Open. Connect. Balance.”

Dr Ratchaniporn Phukkayaporn Pukkaman, rector of Sripatum University, said “As Thailand’s leading private university, Sripatum University is ready to promote students to demonstrate their potential as a leader in the APEC Voices of the Future programme. This event offers great opportunities for Thai youths to engage in extracurricular activities that will yield valuable experience for their future. After they graduate, these students will become potential leaders who will bring about substantial change for the betterment of society. Sripatum University is proud to be a part of this programme, and hopes that it will spark future similar programmes that benefit Thai youths in a wider group.”

After the MOU signing ceremony, there was an introduction of 12 Thai youths from leading domestic and international institutes, who have been selected as the country’s representatives to participate in APEC Voices of the Future 2022, as well as the introduction of KKPFG’s executives who will serve as educators and counsellors of Thai youths throughout the project’s period.

The APEC Voices programme was launched in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 at the APEC Malaysia Summit while the first meeting was held in New Zealand in the following year along with the APEC New Zealand Summits. Thailand has been sending youth representatives to the meeting since 2012 and will host this year’s meeting from November 13-19 in parallel with the APEC CEO Summit 2022. The APEC Voices of the Future 2022 is expected to be joined by over 130 youths from 21 APEC economic zones.

Narai Intertrade Co Ltd is also a sponsor of the APEC Voices of the Future 2022. The manufacturer and distributor of ‘Naraya’ brand products will design and manufacture souvenirs for programme members and meeting participants.