M.L. Dispanadda Diskul

Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage

M.L. Dispanadda Diskul (Duke) is the Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of the Mae Fah Luang Foundation. He has an extensive background in sustainable development, having been in charge of the foundation's rural development initiatives both domestically and internationally. He leads the strategic mission and vision and is the key representative disseminating the foundation's core principles and knowledge, as well as advising on policy in major forums. Duke oversees the foundation's flagship social enterprise, the Doi Tung Development Project, and the brand's five social businesses, as well as leading the foundation's new climate change initiatives, such as community forest protection for carbon credits and sustainable impact consulting.

He is very active in the Thailand social enterprise scene, where he is a member of the Thailand Social Enterprise Board. In 2019, he co-founded and was elected President of the Social Enterprise Thailand Association (SE Thailand), a platform to help build capacity for new enterprises in Thailand. Duke holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University and an undergraduate degree in economics from Brandeis University.