Nine executives apply for NBTC secretary-general role

A total of nine executives have applied for the position of secretary-general at the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). Seven individuals submitted their applications during the initial application period running from March 20 to April 7, with a further two applying during the extended period, concluding May 7.

According to Dr Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, NBTC chairman, the new secretary-general will be announced by June 15. Among the first group of applicants were Pakorn Apaphant, executive director and member of the executive board of Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, Trairat Viriyasirikul, the acting secretary-general of NBTC, and Kittisak Sriprasert, former president of CAT Telecom. The other four applicants within the initial group include Thanatmet Phatnarongrat, a member of NBTC’s Performance…