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Mr. Issara's career at Banpu Group began in 1994 as a Project Engineer in the mining business of Banpu Public Company Limited, where he played an important role in engineering designs for various projects, business development, and diversified areas of operations in the company’s mining and power generation businesses. In 1999, he was appointed Project Engineer at Banpu Power Public Company Limited (BPP), where he participated in the tasks of engineering designs in various projects, business development and operations management in the mining business, coal-fired and gas-fired electricity generation sectors. Issara has been a key person behind the success of BPP in the development of several projects, including the Tri Energy Power Plant, the BLCP Power Plant under Independent Power Producers (IPPs) scheme and Banpu Group’s own power plants.

With strong expertise in the power plant sector, Issara was assigned to develop the operation plan at the BLCP Power Plant, a subsidiary of Banpu, from the beginning of its construction in 2002 as a project engineer. He also engaged in several operational tasks during the commercial phase of the plant, including the management of main project contracts such as the power plant construction contract, operation and maintenance contract, coal and power plant purchase and sales agreements as well as plant insurance. His last position at BLCP was Contract Manager.

In 2019, Issara rejoined BPP as Vice President - Asset Management to oversee the company’s asset and risk management segment encompassing the operations and performance of BPP's entire power generation portfolio. Four years later he was appointed Senior Vice President – Power Operations. Throughout his career at BPP, Issara has played a key role in growing the organization, in particular the expansion of its power generation portfolio in both thermal and renewable energy to international markets such as China, Japan, Vietnam, the United States and Australia.

In April 2024, Issara was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Banpu Power Public Company Limited, a flagship company of Banpu Group that operates electricity generation businesses in 8 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Issara graduated with a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Industrial and Mechanical Technology from Phranakhon Rajabhat University and a Master of Business Administration in Management from Ramkhamhaeng University.