Envisioning Transformative Social Justice
24 July 2018 at Dusit Thani Hotel
Ada Chirapaisarnkul is a social entrepreneurship/investment pioneer in Thailand, and the founder and managing director of Thai Young Philanthropist Network (TYPN). She is currently the CEO and co-founder of TaejaiDotcom, the first and largest crowd giving platform in Thailand, and serves as the Board Director and Advisor of several foundations in Asia.
Ada is interested in designing innovative financing mechanism and building platforms to engage active citizens and mobilize private capital (both financial and non-financial) in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development. She was previously a University Lecturer and co-founding executive director of G-Lab, a social innovation lab at Thammasat University. She was also a project manager at the Office of the Prime Minister, leading a multi-sectoral team to develop the first masterplan for social enterprise promotion in Thailand.
Ada holds an MSc in environment and sustainable development from University College London and an MA in international finance and economic policy from Columbia University. She is a British Chevening scholar, Rockefeller Foundation Global Fellow on Social Innovation, Asia 21 Young Leader of the Asia Society, One Young World Ambassador and formerly a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum.
