Mr. Notachard Chintakanond is the Executive Director of the International Affairs Bureau at Office of the NBTC, Thailand. He is in charge of all international-related matters for NBTC and has worked in close cooperation with many international organizations and forums, such as ITU, APT, APEC, ASEAN, WTO, ATRC as well other international collaborations, such as GSMA, ITS, IIC.

He has contributed to the NBTC’s work through his responsibilities covering all the liberalization and negotiations under various regional trading arrangements; cooperation under ASEAN Telecom Regulators Council (ATRC); spectrum coordination; collaboration on regulatory issues with overseas regulators and bilateral cooperation with other regulatory bodies. In addition, NBTC recently has been approved by the Cabinet to perform as Administration of Thailand in ITU. With these greatly commitments, as the Executive Director of International Affairs Bureau, Mr. Notachard has always performed his active role in many international meetings.

Previously, he worked as Trade Negotiator at the Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) where he was responsible, in particular, for negotiations with the US. He later worked as Foreign Relations Supervisor at the Office of SMEs Promotion (OSMEP) where his expertise covered wide range of issues including Internationalization, Innovation, Informal Sector, Intellectual Property, and Capacity Building.

Mr. Chintakanond holds a Master Degree in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick in England and a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.