Dr. Apichai Boontherawara, President of Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), and Dr. Pichit Akrathit, President of MFC Asset Management Public Company Limited, signed a Memorandum of Intent to support EXIM Thailand’s investment in Thailand Creativity Fund. The signing ceremony was presided over by Dr. Pruttichai Damrongrat, Deputy Minister of Finance, and witnessed by Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee, Chairman of EXIM Thailand’s and MFC’s Board of Directors, at Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok Hotel on November 6, 2009. Co-signers of the MOI on the Thailand Creativity Fund also included other 8 institutions, namely Government Savings Bank, Islamic Bank of Thailand, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME BANK), Small Business Credit Guarantee Corporation (SBCG), Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC), National Innovation Agency (NIA), Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). The Thailand Creativity Fund is aimed to invest in businesses promoting creativity for long-term and sustainable business expansion.