Kris Babicci is a senior executive with over 45 years’ experience in banking and finance. His expertise is in establishing and managing complex businesses in developing countries.
Kris currently holds board and advisory positions in the petroleum sector, industrial chemicals, water treatment, health, education and fintech.
Most recently he was the CEO for large local banks in the United Arab Emirates and in Oman. He has also held senior Country Head and Regional Executive positions for Standard Chartered Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group throughout Asia, the Indian sub-continent, and the Middle East.
Kris holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Mahidol University in Thailand and also an MBA from the University of New England with majors in International Business and in Banking. He has completed senior management and leadership programs at Oxford University and at Harvard Business School.
Kris has successfully built and revived financial businesses and assisted governments to establish financial markets and country infrastructure throughout Asia and the Middle East
For over thirty years he has worked with community groups and major hospitals in Thailand to improve children’s health and education.
Kris is married to a Thai national and lives in Bangkok with his wife and children.
