Bernard Charnwut Chan GBS JP is a Hong Kong politician and businessman, born in 1965 in Hong Kong with family roots in Chaoyang, Guangdong (Chinese: 陳智思, also known by his Thai name Charnwut Sophonpanich), He is the grandson of Chin Sophonpanich, the late Thai Chinese founder of Bangkok Bank. He graduated from The Hill School in 1983 and Pomona College in 1988 with a BA in Studio Art. He is an investor in Thailand's Bumrungrad International Hospital.