Ms.Teravaninthorn is Special Advisor to the Vice President of Investment Operations Region 2. Apart from advising the Vice President on some complex operation issues, her focus is on the AIIB planned operations in Non-regional Members, i.e., African and Latin American members.

Prior to this position, she leads the Infrastructure Investment Department (Region 2) as Director General. When she was Director General, she was responsible for building up the institutional capacity in investment operations and ensuring the strength and sustainability of overall investment operations. This work ranges from business development to building a well-balanced and diversified investment portfolio, in terms of both quantity and quality. She also managed the effective utilization of investment operations resources in line with the mission and vision of AIIB. Prior to joining AIIB in June 2016, she served in the management team of the World Bank from 2011 to 2016. Her experience in infrastructure planning and development in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa is long and well-established. She holds a PhD in economics from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. Teravaninthorn is from Thailand.