Thai bourse continues to cultivate young generation in capital market career

Thursday 23 June 2016 17:12
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), together with Thai Investor Relations Club (TIRC) under Thai Listed Companies Association (TLCA), will organize "Young Corporate Financial Officer 2016"training program for the third consecutive year, during June 23-July 2, 2016 in Bangkok to prepare university students for their career as investor relations and financial analyst professionals, aiming at crafting professionals for the Thai capital market.

SET President Kesara Manchusree said, "To promote sustainable growth of the capital market in all dimensions and across the board from product and service enhancement to capital market's professional cultivation, SET and TIRC have organized this special training program. We aim to prepare bright young investor relations and financial analyst professionals for the Thai capital market. The program embraces 71 university students in finance and economics from universities in SET's university network project nationwide."

The program would provide exclusive workshops, focusing on how to be qualified investor relations and financial analyst professionals, currently in high market demand. Significantly, students could have the opportunity to present their case studies to executives from leading listed firms and capital market sector full of practical lessons learned, added Kesara.

TIRC President Surayuth Thavikulwat said that the students who joined this program would gain knowledge and experience directly via advice from leading executives of listed firms, investor relations professionals, financial analysts and lecturers as well as attending company visit and gaining internship opportunities in various listed companies. This precious and rare training program could really motivate the youth to prepare themselves to become professionals in listed companies, for the ultimate benefit of the Thai capital market as a whole.

For more information, please visit www.set.or.th/newbreed