Ada Chirapaisarnkul

Ada is the CEO of TaejaiDotcom, the first and largest civic crowdfunding platform in Thailand with a mission to connect citizen philanthropists with on-the-ground changemakers. Under Ada’s leadership, TaejaiDotcom has supported initiatives to make health care and other social services more accessible to the least privileged populations in Thailand, enabled citizen-led projects to grow into social enterprises and scale policy changes, and it has been instrumental in mobilising resources for populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of August 2022, TaejaiDotcom has raised over 261 million baht for 491 projects, backed by over 160,000 citizen philanthropists.

In addition to her role at TaejaiDotcom, Ada has worked in various ways to build the social investment sector, shape national and regional social investment landscapes, and engage new social impact players in Thailand and Asia. She mentors current and future change makers and shares her expertise with other civil society organisations that aim to support, engage, and educate active citizens or empower less advantaged populations. In 2008 she set up the Thai Young Philanthropist Network (TYPN) as a means to connect people who want to build a social entrepreneurship movement in Thailand; since then, TYPN has engaged about 1,800 active citizens in public and social services and empowered 60 for-impact organisations. As a member of Thailand’s National Board Member of One Young World, Ada looks forward to meeting emerging leaders and working alongside them to amplify their impact