WORK EXPERIENCE

Private Sector

Worldtrade Management Services                February 2001-March 2003

PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal & Tax, Bangkok, Thailand

Senior Associate Consultant
Responsibilities:

-          Provided legal advises on indirect tax issues with regard to Customs & Excise duties. These advices include general legal guidance, and specific area of indirect tax management, e.g. Treatment of Royalty in Import Value, Classification of specific import goods, etc.

-          Main clients are in Food & Beverage, Automotive, and Consumer
Product Industries.

-          Organised the series of seminar in 2001 related to GATT Valuation
System, Tax Privilege for Exporters, Post Review and Post Audit for
targeted clients & public audiences.

 

Public Sector

International Affairs Division, July 1997-February 2001

Office of the Board of Investment, Bangkok, Thailand
Investment Promotion Officer 5
Responsibilities:

-          Committee, and secretary of the working group for
seminar arrangement and other related programs in the
BOI FAIR 2000, responsible for 200 seminars.

-          Monitored, analysed and prepared reports of Foreign Direct Investment Statistic, monthly, quarterly and annually. Reports concentrated on ASEAN, Japan, US, and European investments in Thailand.

-          Participated in the Working Group of the ASEAN FDI data collection and reporting under the framework of ASEAN Investment Area, where we success in producing the 1st ASEAN Investment Report in 1999.

-          Secretary, the Japanese Team, responsible for several Japanese investors' inquiries.

-          Analysed, screened, and presented some projects applied for non-tax incentives in the category of Trade and Investment Support Office.

-          Conducted a business status survey of foreign investors in
Thailand, including 2,000 existing investment projects from 12 major
countries during 1960-1998.

-          Prepared reports for meetings and translated several articles from various economic magazines relating to business and economy.

-          Provided and supported the investment information to overseas investors.

-          Co-ordinated the BOI’s overseas investment promotion campaigns.

 

Non Profit Organization

International Visitors Council, Kansas City, USA  Summer 1996
Intern

Responsibilities:

-          Assisted the Executive Director on program arrangement.

-          Planned several programs for international visitors.

-          Created database files for alumni visitors, home hospitalities and volunteer lists.

-          Worked on the IVC's public relations projects. As a result of my creation, IVC was able to publish its 1st quarterly newsletter.

-          Attended the board of directors' monthly meeting.

 

Kasetsart University, Department of Political Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand          May 1994
Teaching Assistant
Responsibilities:

-          Assisted the professor in research and course preparation for
the subject of “Diplomatic History”

-          Graded homework and assignments for undergraduate students.

 

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

 

Freelance Translator                                                                                      May 2003- present

 

-          Translate English-Thai, and Thai-English document on requested basis.  Current clients include OHMI Corporation, American Express Co. Ltd., Thailand Environmental Institute, Bangkok University, Reader's Digest Magazine, Gibler & Associated (Mexico), Transperfect Corporation (USA), Mindcom Ltd. (India) as well as other individual clients.

-          Member of www.translatorsbase.com, www.linguistfinder.com, www.proz.com

-          Coverage are on issues of business, tax, laws and legislations, investment, cultural events, environment, government policies, music, academic and activities of Non-Profit Organizations.

 

Freelance Writer/Columnist   February -December 2004

 

-          Wrote articles for Reader’s Digest Magazine (Thai version) under the column of “Made In Thailand”

-          Wrote articles for Elle Magazine (Thai version) under the column of Elle Opinion and Elle Features on April and May 2004 issues.         

 

 

KPN Music Academy   May 2003- December 2004

Piano Instructor

Responsibilities:

-          Instructed beginner, intermediate and upper-intermediate courses.

-          Arrange concerts for students quarterly

 

Chintrakarn Music Institute  August 1999- July 2005

Piano Instructor

Responsibilities:

-          Instructed beginner, intermediate and upper-intermediate courses.

-          Arrange concerts for students quarterly

-          Prepare students to take Guildhall Music Institute, UK’s examination.

Kaplan Language Institute                                                                                      2000- 2003
TOEFL Instructor
Responsibilities:

-          Instructed Reading Courses for TOEFL applicants

 

 

Siam Yamaha, Co. Ltd.                                                                                               1990-1994
Piano Instructor
Responsibilities:

-          Instructed beginner, intermediate and upper-intermediate courses. Responsible for 20 students. Prepared students for taking examinations, which more than 40% of them obtained 1st class honour.

EDUCATION

Master of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh                          December 1996

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
GPA: 3.6
            Concentration and Specialization: International Affairs, International Business/ Corporate Environment (courses taken at Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh)

Certificate of Advance Studies in Asia, University of Pittsburgh                      December 1996

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
 
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand                                   March 1994

Major: History, Minor: English
GPA: 3.9

Certificate of introduction to TESOL, ECC, Bangkok, Thailand                                July 2003

 

Certificate of English Study, Aspiring Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand          Summer 1993

Certificate of English for Communication, University of Cambridge, England       January 1992
                         
LANGUAGES

            Thai (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Fair)

REFERENCES   

            Available upon request