Search on for new boss

Pholchai Vinijchaikul, senior vice president for human resources and secretary of the nomination committee, told The Nation that the screening started on April 5 and would close on May 15.
Applicants must hand their cover letters and important documents directly to Premkamon Tinnakorn Na Ayutthaya, chairman of the nomination committee.
Applicants who meet the qualifications will be invited for an interview by the committee. The selected candidates must give a presentation on their ideas for managing and developing the organisation during their four-year term.
Once the negotiations over salary and benefits for the nominees are completed, the committee will submit the list of the finalists for the board’s approval by July, hoping to see no delay in the schedule.
The winner will succeed Tanawat Wansom, who was terminated in November by the former board of directors led by Surapon Nitikraipot. The board’s decision followed an assessment of Tanawat’s performance in the past year, after MCOT’s labour union lodged several complaints. MCOT staff believed that the reshuffles under the new organisational structure proposed by Tanawat would create rifts.
They also pressed for Tanawat to explain spending in the “corporate social responsibility” category of more than Bt400 million a year.
The fact-finding committee found that Tanawat was a slow performer, neglected compliance and failed in human-resource management and good governance. The former board believed those issues could lead to internal conflict.
Tanawat received about Bt2 million in compensation for his contract cancellation.
Analysts at CIMB Securities (Thai-land) have reported that the conflict among management, the board and shareholders caused MCOT to suffer a setback in business last year.
Chakraphan Yomchinda, vice chairman and acting president, hopes that Modernine TV’s news-programming revamp on April 29 will restore the confidence of advertisers.