Ruangroj (Krating) Poonpol is former Group Chairman of Kasikorn Business-Technology Group. He was previously in charge of all information and digital technology groups of KBank, with more than 3,000 people in 4 countries and annual budget of 450 M USD under his direct management. In this role, Mr Poonpol served among the top five executives of KBank.

Krating is also a veteran global tech investor with unicorn investments like Coreweave, FinAccel, Opn, Carsome, DarwinBox, Syntiant, Monad, and other. As of April 2026, Ruangroj has assumed the role of Executive Innovation Futurist at Kasikornbank focusing on advising the Kasikornbank's senior leadership and board of directors on matters regarding future technology and innovations. He is also a co-founder of HOW Club - the club for top 300 leaders of Thailand.

He is currently BoD of Samitivej Hospital (crown jewel of BDMS - one of the largest hospital chain in the world ) and SPI - holding mothership of Saha Group (one of the largest conglomerate of Thailand). He also currently serves on Human Capital Development Board of Thailand.

Before returning to Thailand, Mr Poonpol worked as product marketing manager (global lead) for Google Earth and quantitative marketing manager (Asia-Pacific lead) of Google at its headquarters in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Poonpol was selected Thailand Businessman of the Year in 2016, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2019, appeared on Thailand's Future List by Tatler Thailand in 2020, and recently was awarded Chief Information and Technology Leader of the Year by The Asian Banker in 2024. He is also the first Thai selected to participate in Kauffman Fellowship Program.

Mr Poonpol graduated from the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme in 2021 and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007.