Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company Limited would like to inform that Dr. Somsak Chaovisitsaree has requested early retirement and to cease being a member of the Board of Directors of the company with effect from 31 January 2019. In addition, he has resigned from his position of Hospital CEO effective the same day. Going forward, Ms. Artirat Charukitpipat, currently the COO of the Company, has been promoted to CEO; Bumrungrad Hospital; with effect from 31 January 2019. She will replace Dr. Somsak in that role. Khun Artirat, a clinical pharmacist, has had 25 years of varied hospital management operations experience throughout Thailand. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1990 from Chulalongkorn University, an M.Sc. in Management (Strategic Marketing Management) in 2007 from Assumption University, and an M.Sc. in Management (Human Resource Management) in 2009 from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration. Khun Artirat joined the Company in January 2012 and has held a number of senior hospital management positions at Bumrungrad Hospital as well.