A member of Thailand’s influential Shinawatra clan and two leading banking executives are among contenders for the finance minister’s job, as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin picks his team to run Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, former finance chief Kittiratt Ra-Ranong, Arthid Nanthawithaya, the chief executive of SCB X Pcl, and Payong Srivanich, who heads state-run Krung Thai Bank Pcl, are probable candidates, according to analysts and local media.
There’s also a possibility that none of them might get the job, with Thai-language newspaper Krungthep Turakit speculating Srettha, a former property tycoon, will keep the ministry under his charge, as he plans to urgently roll out policies to fire up the US$500 billion (RM2.32 trillion) economy.
The nation is at a critical…
