mai President Praphan Charoenprawat said, "mai has been instrumental as a fundraising source for companies' capital investment for 18 years, providing opportunities for long-term quality growth. With our 2017 development plan, mai will further promote mai-listed firms to take advantage of a variety of financial instruments, while focusing more on good governance and social responsibility, as well as realizing the benefits of investor relations accountability. Significantly, this year is the first time for the forum to launch the comprehensive "mai Company Snapshot", an online version of profiles of over 100 mai-listed firms available for download at the event."
maiA President Dr. Charnkrij Dejvitak said that the association has been established for six years since 2011 with the objective to strengthen the members' network of business for further progress. In 2016, maiA established the mission of "SME Role Model", aiming to be role model for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in doing business by taking into consideration good governance, stakeholders' benefits, as well as the social enterprise or SE development. Recently, the association, together with The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and mai, has launched the "SET Social Impact Gym by mai Executives" project, a knowledge transfer of successful business operations which can benefit the society and strengthen the country's economic foundation. The mai FORUM 2017 will be a stage for mai-listed companies to show their business potential and opportunity for business expansion in the future.
Executive Vice President of SCB Sirote Vichayabhai said that as being a Thai leadingcommercial bank and main sponsor of the forum for the fourth consecutive year, SCB firmly believes in the maiA members' potential to drive the Thai economy to grow sustainably. SCB is delightful being a part of this forum, continuously enhancing the strength of Thai businesses by proving financial services and advices.
The mai Forum 2017 will be held on Saturday July 1, 2017 during 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m. at Bangkok Convention Center, Centara Grand at CentralWorld, Bangkok. For more information, please visit www.set.or.th .