NEW TAT GOVERNOR APPOINTED - MR SURAPHON SVETASRENI

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NEW TAT GOVERNOR APPOINTED
MR SURAPHON SVETASRENI
PROFILE

Name: Mr Suraphon Svetasreni

Current Position:
Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand

Date of Inauguration: 1 November, 2009

Date of Birth: 22 December, 1953 (Age: 56 years)

Education:

	National Defence College Class 48
	Master of Public and Private Management, National Institute of Development Administration
	Bachelor of Arts (English), Chiang Mai University

Date of Commencement: 1 September, 1976

Experience:

1 November 2009 - Present	Deputy Governor for Marketing Communication and Acting Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning
1 June 2008 - 31 October 2009	Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning
2 October 2006 - 31 May 2008	Deputy Governor for Marketing Communication
1 July 2003 - 1 October 2006	Deputy Governor for Publicity and Public Relations
1 October 2001 - 30 June 2003	Executive Director of the Tourism Resources Development Department
1 October 2000 - 30 September 2001	Executive Director of the Marketing Services Department
1 - 30 September 2000	Director of the Public Relations Division
1 September 1997 - 31 August 2000	Director of the Marketing Development Division
1 July 1996 - 31 August 1997	Assistant Executive Director of the Technical Department
1 January 1992 - 30 June 1996	Director of TAT New York Office
1 April 1987 - 31 December 1991	Director of TAT Pattaya Office
1 July 1986 - 31 March 1987	Technical Officer (Class 5 - 6)f Research Section, Research and Statistics Division
27 April 1982 - 30 June 1986	Marketing Officer (Class 4-5), Assistant Head of TAT Sydney Office
25 August 1980 - 26 April 1982	Marketing Officer (Class 4), International Markets Development Section, Marketing Development Division
1 September 1976 - 24 August 1980	Tourism Information Unit, Tourism Services Section

Training / Seminar / Study Visit

	Ship for Southeast Asia Youth Programme in 1978, Japan
	2nd National Security Programme
	Seminar on the UNDP Foreign Market Study, Republic of the Philippines
	31st Social Science Researcher Training Programme
	Seminar on the Strategy of Tourism Industry Management
	Certificate of Management in Ecotourism, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
	Austrian Government's Tourism Management Scholarship, Klessheim Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Austria
	1st Training Programme of Techniques for Conducting Meetings on Problem Solutions
	Intergovernmental Meeting on Tourism
	1st Seminar on the Vision and Mission of the Government Public Relations Department
	Seminar on Tourism Marketing to the Year 2000
	1st Public Speaking Training Programme
	Law and Regulations on Civil Servants1 Practices for TAT Executives
	Training for Public Relations Executives
	Top Executive Training Seminar
	The Leadership Grid Training

Committee Member of Organizations

	Member of the Committee of the Green Leaf Foundation (2005 - 2006).
	Honourable Member of the Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep Council Committee (2007-Present).
	President of the Subcommittee on Image Reinforcement and Brand Building of the Rajamangala University of Technology (2007-Present).

Royal Thai Orders and Decorations
2008	Commander (Third Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
2003	Commander (Third Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
1998	Commander (Fourth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
1993	Commander (Fourth Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
1988	Member (Fifth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant