Dr. Poonnatree Jiaviriyaboonya is an accomplished academic with a focus on Anthropology. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Nakhon Phanom University.

Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a columnist for Project Syndicate.